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| From | Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The American Recording Industry, RIP |
| Date | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:19:34 -0500 |
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Well, RIAA's days are numbered.....EMI is pulling their "protection" money as the new CEO there has realized the RIAA hasn't actually been effective in stopping the decline of the theft or in recouping lost revenues through lawsuits. Even with 20,000 people sued (whose restitution payments, when convicted, would have to be split between the big four major labels), EMI is still giving the RIAA millions every year to represent them. EMI has realized the millions could be better spent elsewhere internally to deal with fixing the problem of shrinking sales rather than having someone police a format shift that should have been monetized FIRST, then sanctioned.
Until then, I suggest folks only support music created by NON-RIAA affiliated artists and labels. There is zero fear of recrimination from these music Nazi's if they find your computer is filled with music they don't represent.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
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Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
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> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:34:53 -0500
> From: jlmicek@verizon.net
> Subject: The American Recording Industry, RIP
> To: audities@smoe.org
>
> Well, at least I'll have an answer when my daughter asks me, "Daddy,
> when did the music business go completely effing insane?"
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/
> AR2007122800693.html
>
>
> Good Grief ...
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