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Record Labels Unveil Greed 2.0
theodp writes "Unsatisfied with $2.49 ringtones and as much as 70 cents of each 99 cent iTunes download, Newsweek reports that record labels want a bigger cut of digital music profits. One example: If you type in 'Madonna' - a Warner act - at the Google Video site, and the results are accompanied by ads, Warner wants a share of those ad dollars." Even more ridiculous demands than those put forth in previous stories.
They're only at 2.0? That's news.
What good is a double standard if you can't enforce it?
Why not? After all, they demand royalties from people who sing "Happy Birthday" in a restaurant.
http://www.unhappybirthday.com/
I won't be surprised when they start suing boycotters for causing a drop in CD sales.
Madonna! Madonna madonna madonna madonnamadonna madonna madonna. Madonnamadonnamadonna! Madonna, madonna madonna. Madonna madonna madonna... Madonna madonna; madonna madonna madonna madonna. "Madonna? Madonnamadonna Madonna madonna madonna." (Madonna madonna madonna: madonna madonna.)
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And the record companies surely are giving that additional profits from sales and ad revenue generated by the videos back to the artists who pay for their production from their cut of album sales... right? Otherwise such a thing would be horribly immoral, the equivalent of selling something you don't own... right?
This will go great with all of the checks the RIAA must be sending to artists from the illegal download lawsuit revenues.
Truly, this is a wonderful time to be a musician.
The ______ Agenda
"If you type in 'Madonna' - a Warner act - at the Google Video site, and the results are accompanied by ads, Warner wants a share of those ad dollars."
What's the big fuss over something like this? The income from searches for 'Madonna' would be trace.
Which I'd love to tell the music company executives, and all those that might admire them. It's a simple word, at first inoffensive if you don't know the meaning, and can be shouted in anger without losing the basic sound of the word.
The word is "Garn".
It means "Go and get fucked.", from "go and" being said shortly to "go'an", then altered via the australian accent into the word "garn".
The long of it is "garn get fucked", and the shorthand "garn" can used when you just need to say something snappy without being misheard, or offending little old ladies.
So, to the RIAA, and all those affiliated,
"I'm never paying you fuckers a single cent from now on. Those two Ministry albums - Animositisomina, and Houses of the Mole' - I just bought were IT, the end of the line. I am going to download any music I want to listen to, and I'm going to send the purchase price, or import price, directly to the artist via a money order."
"Garn. Garn! GARN! Sideways! With walnuts!"
His name is Robert Paulsen...
I suppose it is a great time to agree to sign with Warner; wait until you start searching for my band, 'The'.
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"pain is weakness leaving the body."How long until the music industry machine decides that, like software, music that can be played on computers should be priced according to the number of processors decoding it?
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"Your CD player, that's a single charge of $13.99, but thanks to our new DRM you can't play it on your computer without running this setup program first. Two processors? Okay, we'll cut you a deal, because we're nice guys like that. $21.99 instead of $27.98. Oh, I see you have the Sharpie discount . .
Mikey-San
Karma: +Eleventy billion (mostly affected by watching Celebrity Jeopardy)
Coming next from the RIAA...
They'll want royalties from people singing (I typed sinking first - Freudian slip?) their songs at karaoke bars. And since the music contributes to people having a good time and buying more drinks, they should get a cut of the bartenders' tips as well.
I see my shadow changing, stretching up and over me...
Unsatisfied with $2.49 ringtones
We should encourage them to keep marketing these $2.49 Sponge Bob ringtones. That way, they'll run out of money a lot faster.
"And who's gonna fly it, kid - you?"
"You bet! Why, I -"
"Recording music ain't like dusting crops, boy. Without precise calculations you'd bury yourself in the mix, or sound too close to a pop tartlet, and that would end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"
What part of "a well regulated militia" do you not understand?
"You bet! Why, I -"
"Recording music ain't like dusting crops, boy. Without precise calculations you'd bury yourself in the mix, or sound too close to a pop tartlet, and that would end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"
"And who's gonna advertise it, kid - you?"
"You bet I could! I'm not such a bad... Wait, what was the question?"
WTF kind of band has 10+ members? Either your band is an orchestra which sorry to say yes touring bars ain't gonna work. Or you have a bunch of freeloading friends who just HAD to be part of your band, and you couldn't turn them down.
The RIAA, once they have your creative fruits in their grasp...
Awesome! You get the Outstanding Veiled Metaphor of the Week Award. My lit teachers would be shocked, but proud.
Yup.
The music industry. The last bastion of bonded slavery.
If you're a musician don't sign to anyone. Do your gigs, record your songs and press the CDs/Vinyl/Cassettes/"format de jour" yourselves. Build a website, play anywhere and every where. Do it for the love of it, just don't expect a castle in space for your efforts... If you get to pay your rent with what you do fantastic. If not take another job to get the bills paid. Enjoy the ride, treasure the memories.
But fuck having yourself hawked around by some fat old pimp in a suit. Fuck working your fingers to the bone just so some wanker can afford their next line of charlie before telling you that "we haven't shifted as many units as we expected and the advertising budget's already taken a big slice of the cake".
FUCK THE *AA.
Every morning the local birds sing their hearts out. They don't need no *AA.
Fuck the *AA.
With all of the stunts they've pulled lately, I thought they were up to version 8 or 9 by now?
This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
The RIAA today announced that they will be demanding royalties from every RIAA related story appearing on slashdot.
An RIAA spokesman today announced "These slashdot stories are related to us and we should have a cut and anyway you could be buying CDs instead of reading this story so you owe me $13.99 and if you don't pay that then I'll take you to court and sue for 20 Million dollars and if you don't pay that then I'll sue your kids and your dog too."
- shazow
Ironic. Shakespear wasn't exactly known for being "highbrow" in his day. Some have speculated that if he were alive today, he'd be writing for professional wrestling.
Alas poor Hogan, I knew him well....
-- Fugacity: Confusing chemists since 1908
So what happens when the Catholic Church goes to the music industry asking for a piece of all Madonna sales and royalties? That would make just about as much sense.
SHUT UP! Shut up! The Corrs are a pile of arse, shut it.