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Recording Industry Hoist By Their Own Petard

Posted by timothy on from the too-many-laws dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As reported by MSNBC, the recording industry has been unable to offer combination DVD / CD discs to consumers because of the IP ownership questions as well as licensing issues between CD and DVD content. All I can say is it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch!"

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  1. "hard-hit music industry" by whoever57 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    hard-hit music industry had been counting on to aid its recovery
    I'm sorry, I did not realize that increased revenues means an industry is "hard-hit" and in need of a "recovery".
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    The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
  2. Does the price look familiar? by mingrassia · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From the article:
    "They have sold for about $18.99 in retail stores."

    Does this price sound familiar? It is roughly the price CDs were before they were caught price fixing.

    It seems to me that the recording industry only has one business model ...
    1. Take one good item
    2. Bundle a lot of crap with it you don't want (now this includes video content)
    3. Sell it at a high price that it totally unreasonable.
    DVD of movies are still cheeper than this.
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    OS X, Linux, Tivo, Amiga, my fascination with cult-like technologies would intrigue any psychiatrist.
  3. Why you hate the recording industry. by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Well, if you're a musician you hate them because they will only give you a contract on their terms, they promise to distribute and market your record and don't, they will cheat you out of every cent you make and send you a bill for it, they will put you in a holding pattern for as long as they can if they want to keep you away from other labels yet not release your record.

    They assume ownership of music that is not theirs, yet blast you with lawyers if you desire to sample music of theirs. They encourage the flavor of the month, but will not invest in the long term career of an artist. They pay radio stations to play what they want you to buy, leaving less or no room for music not controlled by them.

    (Hours later)

    If you're a customer, you hate them because they treat you like a thief, they only admit the right of Fair Use when backed into a corner, they lobby incessantly for backwards technologies that make the act of listening, using, and enjoying music difficult if not impossible. They push format after format yet say the new format hurts sales. They preach that you can't own a CD - only license it from them, yet won't replace a scratched CD because you own it.

    (yet more hours later)

    If you're a /.er, you hate them for their fake statistics, their inflation of CD burner speeds to number of burners to make piracy sound like a larger problem than it is. You hate them because they fail to address the issues at hand, and attack 'straw men' of their choosing. You hate them because your favorite band broke up after being dicked around by some A&R guy. You hate them because they make backing up your CD collection annoying, difficult, illegal and tainted with 'cracker' spin. You hate them because they lie, they cheat, they steal, they are a monopoly and they use their power to keep others from competing on a equal footing. They have the ear of congress, and use it to make you a criminal - whether you are 'stealing' or not.

    (hey is the sun coming up)

    There you have it Bill. Consider yourself enlightened. There are more stories out there, and not that hard to find. Enlighten yourself, and see what happens when people sell other people art.