Shut Up And Pay
The BBC noticed that today is a ‘Day of silence’ for US web radio, a move organized through the The SaveNetRadio Coalition to protest the absurd fees that have been levied against ‘Net radio outlets when compared to other broadcast media. You can find a complete listing of sites participating here.
This situation is another facet of RIAA going all Gordon Gekko, and attempting to alienate everyone who might consider buying music.
A hint guys: suing your audience and calling them criminals is not a public relations winner. In case you haven’t noticed, it is tanking sales for your members. I would also note that sneaking provisions into bills that make the creative people mere employees so that record labels can steal the copyright, doesn’t endear you to the artists.
There is a tool, RIAA Radar, that you can use to determine whether a particular artist or album has any ties to RIAA.
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So the labels lay off a pitiful 4,000 employees, fire 1/3rd of their artists, and sue their customers, and then they wonder why their sales are down 25% over the past 8 years? Shit, any other industry that tried that, their sales would be down *100%*! They’re just lucky that 75% of their potential customers are oblivious fools who just buy the latest Toby Keith CD at Wally World, rather than anybody who cares about music…
– Badtux the Musical Penguin
I buy my CDs direct, so I know who is getting the money. If you buy at the box office instead of Ticketmaster, you can get the CD and still save money.