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Record Store Owners Blame RIAA For Destroying Music Industry

Posted by Zonk on from the should-have-thought-ahead dept.

techdirt writes "It's not like it hasn't been said many times before, but it's nice to see the NY Times running an opinion piece about the RIAA from a pair of record store owners which basically points out how at every opportunity, the RIAA has made the wrong move and made things worse: 'The major labels wanted to kill the single. Instead they killed the album. The association wanted to kill Napster. Instead it killed the compact disc. And today it's not just record stores that are in trouble, but the labels themselves, now belatedly embracing the Internet revolution without having quite figured out how to make it pay.' It's not every day that you see a NY Times piece use the word 'boneheadedness' to describe the strategy of an organization."

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  1. Like the old saying goes: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's all over but the lawsuits.

  2. In other news by Sneakernets · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fat lady is practising her lines.

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  3. Hello, RIAA? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi, I'm looking for a song. I think it's called Ozymandias.

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  4. Shouldn't we blame the consumers? by RichPowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, they're the ones who choose not to purchase music from record stores...

  5. Are you sure? by pb · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not every day that you see a NY Times piece use the word 'boneheadedness' to describe the strategy of an organization

    So you're saying that they don't write nearly enough about the Bush administration? Or Congress? Or the justice dept? (or government in general...)
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  6. Re:As a record store owner by dhanes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the real question everyone wants to know is, who would pirate christian rock CDs?

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  7. Re:As a record store owner by mikael · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the real question everyone wants to know is, who would pirate christian rock CDs?

    Satanists. So they could can play the music backwards.

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  8. Re:As a record store owner by superiority · · Score: 5, Funny

    They don't play Christian rock backwards to hear hidden messages. They play Christian rock backwards to make it sound better.