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Could the RIAA Just Disappear?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the don't-hold-your-breath dept.

BlueMerle writes "Ars Technica is running a story about how EMI is disappointed with RIAA and ultimately they (RIAA) may disappear. 'Is the RIAA as we know it about to disappear? As rumors continue to swirl that EMI will pull its funding from music trade groups like the RIAA and IFPI, an IFPI spokesman tells Ars that the group is in the middle of a major internal review of its operations.'" I wouldn't bet the farm just yet.

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  1. RIAA ? by Nossie · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The way things are going in the UK we wont need the equivalent of the RIAA to do the music industries dirty work... we'll have the government.

    So is this really that big a story? or are they just reallocating their resources?

  2. Too fricking much making my brain hurt! by earlymon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ok, let me try to add this up. As I recall, internet radio was threatened by the bully-arm of the RIAA, SoundExchange, forcing royalty payments even for non-RIAA affiliated artists (or however the legally correct way to express that, if there is one). Remember this one, gang? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/29/0335224

    So, how does this add up? Does EMI pulling away from RIAA defang SoundExchange thereby seriously reducing the threat to internet radio? Or in the ironic comedy of the new century, does the RIAA, with sounds of a death rattle (added for drama, I'm shameless), turn around and unleash SoundExchange on EMI and bring suit under the same grounds as the attack on internet radio?

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    Pathological kinda promises Path + Logical - but instead, you get stuck with pathetic.
  3. Re:What's the replacement? by Damon+Tog · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Supply and demand, friends. There's a near limitless supply of digital content, so the price falls to near zero." This does not mean that music should be free, it means that today's "a la carte" method of selling music is obsolete.

    A rough comparision would be to the cable industry. When you subscribe to cable, you are not forced to pay for each television show that you watch, you simply pay a flat rate and watch as much as you want. This is how recorded music must now be "sold."

    Musicians and labels should license their recordings to cell phone companies and ISPs for a flat rate and allow people to download as much as they want. In fact, this is already happening with Nokia's "Comes with Music" program.