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Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing?
Matilda the Hun writes "The Register is reporting on the RIAA claims that recordable media is more of a source of piracy than P2P networks. From the article: 'The RIAA's chief executive, Mitch Bainwol, last week said music fans acquire almost twice as many songs from illegally duplicated CDs as from unauthorized downloads, Associated Press reports. According to Bainwol, in turn citing figures from market watcher NPD, 29 per cent of the recorded music obtained by listeners last year came from content copied onto recordable media. Only 16 per cent came from illegal downloads.'"
And now the RIAA is going after their next target. Instead of changing their own business methods and adapting to the times, they'd rather stick with their stone-age methodology and try to gouge the hell out of everyone (artists, music fans, and everyone between). First, they tried P2P. Now they'll probably have lists of people who buy blank CDs from Best Buy and start suing them (I wish I was being sarcastic...). Next, they'll probably figure out that computers are doing this and they'll just do a carpet bombing run and sue every registered computer owner. Seems like it would be much easier and cheaper to just change their ways...
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts...for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang
But for those of you who don't support the RIAA, grow some balls and stop buying their products.
I don't buy their products. I downloa...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
It isn't stolen if they weren't going to buy it in the first place.