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Originally Posted by DeathMonkey  Look, I hear ya, breaking the law is breaking the law.........<CUT>........... Sorry that we are taking gold plated back scrubbers out of the hands of spoiled self entitled coke addicts and putting it in the hands of bands and artists that actually work for a living, and sell only based on actual talent. |
deathmonkey, all i can really say is wow. if you're going to spew nonsense about business you should try to realize there are a lot of people much smarter and more informed out there than how you come off with that ridiculous fodder.
yes, controlling distribution is valuable, and the majors would be much better off controlling it than to be controlled by one company (apple). that's not coming back, the labels have had many cracks at it with their own online services. yes its tough to control prices when you don't control distribution. what does that have to do with riaa lawsuits? labels paid to make of said stolen music and have a right to get paid. it has nothing to do with bumps or independent artists. or apple. in fact it helps apple by encouraging legal downloads. no riaa suit is going to help them get back distribution to where it was.
filesharing has increased overall music purchases by exposure of new music? peoples music budgets have remained the same? overall profits are up because of filesharing? are you a market research analyst, major business consultant or equity analyst? because i've got some land in the woods you might be interested in.....
i wouldn't even know where to start. please support your arguments with real information from the real world or from real business people in the industry because i disagree with each of them.