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Warner Music CEO Says War With Consumers Was Wrong

Posted by Zonk on from the couldn't-have-figured-this-out-two-years-ago dept.

l2718 writes "Edgar Bronfman, CEO of the Warner Music Group, has publicly framed the music industry's failure to accommodate file-sharing as an 'inadvertent' war on consumers. I'm left wondering how you can file a series of lawsuits inadvertently. 'We expected our business would remain blissfully unaffected even as the world of interactivity, constant connection and file sharing was exploding ... By ... moving at a glacial pace, we inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find and as a result of course, consumers won.'"

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  1. Inadvertent post by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I inadvertently just made this post and hit Submit.

    1. Re:Inadvertent post by ROMRIX · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sorry, I inadvertently just made this post and hit Submit.
      Yes, and now I have inadvertently replied to your post but only after deliberating with a team of attorneys to find the best way to bring legal action to stop these inadvertent posts from being viewed inadvertently.
    2. Re:Inadvertent post by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Funny

      As he does everyday, he booted up his computer, checked his email, and then HIT THE CAPS LOCK KEY TO HUNT-AND-PECK HIS DAILY EMAILS IN ALL CAPS. PROBLEM IS, HE HIT THE "SUE" BUTTON INSTEAD OF "CAPS LOCK". he was wondering why everything came out in lower case that day...

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  2. stop the lawsuits by Dr_Art · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, umm, when are you going to drop the lawsuits???

  3. Re:Put your money where your mouth is, Ed. by Arabani · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eh, give him some time. It took him 5 years between "inadvertently" starting this "war against consumers" and admitting it was a bad decision. At that "glacial pace", I'd be pleasantly impressed if he called off the whole affair before 2012!

  4. Ironically by Floritard · · Score: 4, Funny

    His use of the word glacial reminded me of this xkcd comic. I wonder if he's a fan...

  5. System Shock 2 by Akaihiryuu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slightly offtopic (or not), but I couldn't resist. That really reminded me of the behavior of the Hybrids in System Shock 2...how they would run at you and beat you with pipes while apologizing to you and screaming for you to run away.

  6. Re:Put your money where your mouth is, Ed. by courseofhumanevents · · Score: 4, Funny

    I propose we suspend Godwin's law for all future articles regarding the music industry.

  7. Re:Disposable income not piracy is behind falls. by Admiral+Ag · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Madonna was taking off her clothes on stage while Britney Spears was in diapers." That's nothing dude, Alice Cooper was wearing diapers on stage while Madonna was in diapers.

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  8. Re:Paying = Winning? by sm62704 · · Score: 4, Funny

    These are marketers. Polish that turd. It's like the old car commercials, which I have finally decoded.

    Pontiac: "We build excitement". The brakes and handling suck.
    Chevy: "Like A Rock". Damned thing won't start
    Ford: "Quality is job 1!" They have a lot of work to do in the "quality" department.

    It's kind of like the lottery, too - "you can't win if you don't play". You can't lose, either.

    These boys are liars. If Zaphod were listening to these bozos, his glasses would go jet black in no time. It makes me feel dirty just listening to them.

    -mcgrew

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  9. Re:Put your money where your mouth is, Ed. by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny
    That might be the funniest piece of BS I've read in a long time. A war was inadvertently started against the consumers, just like Hitler inadvertently started WWII.

    You're seriously comparing the Third Reich to the RIAA? I think you're being a little harsh on the Germans there.