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RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison's Mistakes?

Posted by simoniker on from the only-show-in-town dept.

An anonymous reader writes "George Ziemann has written the latest installment in his 'history repeats itself' series of articles regarding the record industry and the tactics utilized by their lobby, the RIAA. This time Ziemann focuses on the recent RIAA lawsuits against individuals who file-trade, and the search-and-seize missions against independent music stores. Slashdot posted his first two articles back in June."

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  1. Didn't we learn anything from Napster? by the+man+with+the+pla · · Score: 4, Funny

    A lot of people used Napster, before it was shut down. There was sentiment against file swapping for a short while, but then Kazaa, Morpheus, and others stepped in, and file swapping increased.

    After the RIAA sues a few thousand people, and the tide turns against swapping, it will slow again.

    But the fact of the matter is that the RIAA members need to come up with a new business model. File sharing will always be around in some fashion, and the technology will just get more and more complex - making it easier to do truely anonymous swapping.

    It's been said a million times on here already - the RIAA is just like SCO - they need to adopt a new business model if they're going to survive. Litigation alone won't support them forever.

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    The linux hacker
  2. Of course by Hamstaus · · Score: 4, Funny

    RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison's Mistakes?

    A statement like that puts an unfair association on Edison. It's like comparing apples to dog crap.

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    I moderate "-1, Fool"
  3. You Have It All Wrong by Farley+Mullet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tesla, on the one hand, sucked seriously, but on the other hand, still get tonnes of play on "Classic Rock" stations with "Signs". So they have to still be clocking some pretty good royalty payments, and it'd be irresponsible to call them "poor". Also, 40-something skid radio station programmers still appreciate them, although I fail to see the relevance of their standing with the scientific community.

    I saw Tesla open up for Skynard once, and I can confidently that they aren't at all geeks.

  4. Re:Edison and Tesla by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The other died poor and in poor standing with the scientific community and is generally regarded as a kook."

    Yeah, that's why the SI unit of magnetic flux density is called the edison. Oh, wait...