What The RIAA Gets Out Of File Sharing

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

What The RIAA Gets Out Of File Sharing

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 10, 2003 @03:48AM from the briar-patch-in-disguise dept.

ChrisPaget writes "Wired have a fascinating article about a company called BigChampagne which sells regional P2P download statistics to most of the major record labels. When the labels know what people are downloading, they know what to put on the radio, and sales in the area increase. The record industry's lawsuits against file- sharing companies hang on their assertion that the programs have no use other than to help infringe copyrights. If the labels acknowledge a legitimate use for P2P programs, it would undercut their case as well as their zero-tolerance stance."

14 of 555 comments (clear)

What I get out of file sharing by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-10 03:48 · Score: 4, Funny

files.

to share.
Let's try an experiment... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-10 03:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Everyone... go download some Right Said Fred and Spice Girls. Let's see if we can get them back on the radio! I'm Too Sexy for Girl Power!
1. Re:Let's try an experiment... by wanderers_id · 2003-09-10 03:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Let's not and say we did. The spice girls were painfull enough the first time around. I don't want to go through all THAT again.
  
  Crap, now I got their crappy song in my head. THANKS A LOT Coward!
  
  Why not everyone download music from that one band.... what was there name.... * wasn't it? I have lots of MP3s that meet that criteria. (*.mp3)
2. Re:Let's try an experiment... by fussman · 2003-09-10 04:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'm thinking of writing up a VB worm that'll make everybody download Green Day songs, just so they're on the radio more.
  
  --
  Support Israeli punk bands. Man Alive.
3. Re:Let's try an experiment... by wanderers_id · 2003-09-10 04:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "This is Casy Casum's top 40 (tm) and the number one hit in America today is 'carat open parenthesis star backslash' by the new breakout band "percent twenty"
  
  ^(*\ - %20.mp3
4. Re:Let's try an experiment... by RumpRoast · 2003-09-10 04:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You are not supposed to date 12 year old girls.
  
  --
  
  My Ass hurts.
5. Re:Let's try an experiment... by jhylkema · 2003-09-10 04:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Quoth the poster:
  "This is Casy Casum's top 40 (tm) and the number one hit in America today is 'carat open parenthesis star backslash' by the new breakout band "percent twenty"
  (Those of you who have heard the mp3 of Casey going off will appreciate this.)
  "Hi, this is Case Kasem and the number one song in America today is 'carat open parentheses . . . WHAT THE FUCK AM I READING HERE??'"
6. Re:Let's try an experiment... by BrynM · 2003-09-10 04:56 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Goatse, in order to get this onto the radio
  It's bad neough that I've seen it. I don't want to hear what that thing sounds like.
  
  --
  US Democracy:The best person for the job (among These pre-selected choices...)
Great business model. by grub · 2003-09-10 03:53 · Score: 5, Funny

1- The RIAA can tell what is popular via a digital pulse on the wrist of P2P users.
2- The RIAA pushes stations to play songs that are popular downloads.
3- The RIAA members get listeners in cars and offices.
4- The RIAA members sell more discs.
5- The RIAA sues 12 year olds and tries to slash the wrist mentioned in 1 above.

No wonder there's no:
6- PROFIT!

--
Trolling is a art,
Security through obscurity by Aliencow · 2003-09-10 04:06 · Score: 5, Funny

I always thought that if a band didn't want to have their crap "shared", they should have a level of obscurity in their name and in the titles of their songs.
My band would be called "Jenna", my first album would be called "Jameson", and the songs would go like...

01 - Jenna - Jameson - Blowjob
02 - Jenna - Jameson - Cumshot
03 - Jenna - Jameson - Threesome
04 - Jenna - Jameson - Orgy
05 - Jenna - Jameson - Lesbian

Try to find these on kazaa !
You guys clearly need retraining. by DwarfGoanna · 2003-09-10 04:08 · Score: 5, Funny

When the RIAA uses download statistics, it is only in our best interests as consumers. They are taking the lemons of corrupt human nature, and making sweet corporate lemonade. I, for one, am thankful that such a down home mom and pop operation such as the RIAA, in their infinite wisdom, makes something good, noble, and legal come out of all this theft, piracy, and debauchery. I can't wait for the day that all my activities are monitored for legality by four letter acronyms.

Anyone who disagrees is clearly a criminal/pirate/terrorist! Mend your ways and submit to RIAA amnesty!=)

--
"You know why you do not see me styling wit my homies? Because I have no homies!!" -Mojo Jojo
RIAA amnesty form by angle_slam · 2003-09-10 04:11 · Score: 5, Funny

See this page for a peek at the amnesty form the RIAA wants you to fill out.
Re:Legitamate by 3terrabyte · 2003-09-10 04:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Ironically, you said a mountainful in your typo!!! Awesome Freudian slip. You should definately porn more often.

--
Why are there only 19 people folding@home for slashdot?
Re:Right... by s88 · 2003-09-10 04:54 · Score: 4, Funny

"(and I don't download very much)"

Just in case the RIAA happens to monitor slashdot. :)

Don't mind me, I'm not the P2Per you're looking for.