Greed Redefined, 2005
Wow. The record labels want a piece of iPod revenues. They actually said that. In public. To people. At least Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. did.
People, this is insane. Where will it stop? Do they want a piece of CD Player revenues? Should they get a cut of every car that’s sold with a radio? Hell, they should tax mothers who have children because, honestly, those kids are apt to grow up and listen to music some day. Why, they might even *make* music someday. Gotta get a piece of that.
If we, the people (and specifically those of us in the US) let this happen, it’s our own damned faults. The RIAA and the MPAA are frantically trying to thwart anything that gets in the way of their stodgy old business model. They want us to buy music on *their* terms and, to be honest, not even the artists are happy about this. It’s a monopoly, plain and simple… heck, it’s a mafia.
In between your downloads on bittorrent, Kazaa, and Gnutella, go tell ’em we’ll break their kneecaps if they try anything like this again… before it’s too late.
September 23rd, 2005 at 8:26 pm
You know where I stand on this. A thousand downloads from Napster and Kazaa, and I still haven’t recouped the money I had to give the RIAA for songs I didn’t want on all of the albums I bought over the years.
GIVE ‘EM HELL!!!!!
September 24th, 2005 at 12:26 am
You know where I stand on this. A thousand downloads from Napster and Kazaa, and I still haven’t recouped the money I had to give the RIAA for songs I didn’t want on all of the albums I bought over the years.
GIVE ‘EM HELL!!!!!
September 23rd, 2005 at 8:44 pm
You get ’em, Dave (except for the part about pirating music)! This is indeed insane, and I equate it to cell phone carriers wanting a piece of iTunes music purchased over their networks. It’s Corporate Greed Gone Wild (videos on sale Soon™).
Bookman at iPodObserver commented that Bronfman is right, there should be variable pricing. Some songs should be 99 cents, and some songs should be less (he said it more succinctly).
Bryan
Editor
TMO/iPO
September 24th, 2005 at 12:44 am
You get ’em, Dave (except for the part about pirating music)! This is indeed insane, and I equate it to cell phone carriers wanting a piece of iTunes music purchased over their networks. It’s Corporate Greed Gone Wild (videos on sale Soonâ„¢).
Bookman at iPodObserver commented that Bronfman is right, there should be variable pricing. Some songs should be 99 cents, and some songs should be less (he said it more succinctly).
Bryan
Editor
TMO/iPO
September 26th, 2005 at 2:23 pm
Madness! I don’t even HAVE music on my iPod Shuffle, it’s all PodCasts. What about the libraries that lend out iPods with audio books on? What am I talking about, it’s an insane idea to begin with!
September 26th, 2005 at 6:23 pm
Madness! I don’t even HAVE music on my iPod Shuffle, it’s all PodCasts. What about the libraries that lend out iPods with audio books on? What am I talking about, it’s an insane idea to begin with!
September 28th, 2005 at 8:46 pm
I’m willing to bet that when the meteors were falling… one dinosaur looked up and said to his fellows ‘don’t worry.. it’s just a fad.’
September 29th, 2005 at 12:46 am
I’m willing to bet that when the meteors were falling… one dinosaur looked up and said to his fellows ‘don’t worry.. it’s just a fad.’
October 2nd, 2005 at 10:11 am
Honestly, how much more money do the labels need? For how long now, and probably for another decade, they push $17+ for CDs that cost 17 cents to produce, and what’s promoted the most I always feel is the worst.
This seems like even more than greed and an old business model. If individual-track stores like iTMS get more popular, anyone can easily see what’s popular. This will end whatever dark forces dictate what the labels TELL US is popular. Honestly, do you think for one second any artist in the “Top 40” is selling in the top 40?…
October 2nd, 2005 at 2:11 pm
Honestly, how much more money do the labels need? For how long now, and probably for another decade, they push $17+ for CDs that cost 17 cents to produce, and what’s promoted the most I always feel is the worst.
This seems like even more than greed and an old business model. If individual-track stores like iTMS get more popular, anyone can easily see what’s popular. This will end whatever dark forces dictate what the labels TELL US is popular. Honestly, do you think for one second any artist in the “Top 40” is selling in the top 40?…