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I really should be more of a blogger and chime in on current news happenings for more often. Well, the RIAA has inspired enough outrage to warrant a current news happenings blog post.
Let's look at the state of the music industry. First pirating has gone up; more people have broadband internet and new things like music blogs and bit torrent make pirating much easier. Second, record sales are down, and specifically rap sales have gone down about 20%, and not a single rap record was in the top ten for sales.
My proposed sollutions are pretty simple. First, get rid of DRM. Getting most records is a hassle: even if you go a record shop there's a decent change they don't have what you want. Then you may consider buying it online, but the store compatible with your player doesn't have the song you want, or maybe you want to transfer those downloaded songs from your laptop to a home computer, well you can't. You can't because the RIAA is a whole bunch of bitches and thinks not having DRM will increase pirating. It increases pirating however, because you're fairly likely to pirate a record if it's difficult to get it legally.
Second, stop being a bunch of bitches. I was reading an interview that JT had in Entertainment Weekly or something, and his record label actually said "Sexy Back" was too odd and would do terribly as a lead single. Why don't you bring your pair back record industry? I knew as soon as I heard "Sexy Back" that it was a hit and I knew that Dem Franchize Boyz would dissapear in a few months. So far I've exhibited a much better understanding of consumer taste than the record industry. This shows the record industry is completely out of touch with what their consumers wants, and would like to make money on their own terms, but not the terms that consumers want.
Now the RIAA is sending threatening letters to college students, denying any opportunity to sell DRM-free music and not supporting enough artists that are taking chances. I want more progressive pop music, I want to be able to buy music online, from any store and do whatever I want with it. I also really want much better rap music, and judging from sales, so do consumers. In the end however, the record industry and RIAA will not do any of these things and is doomed to take even greater losses in the coming years. I for one, think they deserve it.
Let's look at the state of the music industry. First pirating has gone up; more people have broadband internet and new things like music blogs and bit torrent make pirating much easier. Second, record sales are down, and specifically rap sales have gone down about 20%, and not a single rap record was in the top ten for sales.
My proposed sollutions are pretty simple. First, get rid of DRM. Getting most records is a hassle: even if you go a record shop there's a decent change they don't have what you want. Then you may consider buying it online, but the store compatible with your player doesn't have the song you want, or maybe you want to transfer those downloaded songs from your laptop to a home computer, well you can't. You can't because the RIAA is a whole bunch of bitches and thinks not having DRM will increase pirating. It increases pirating however, because you're fairly likely to pirate a record if it's difficult to get it legally.
Second, stop being a bunch of bitches. I was reading an interview that JT had in Entertainment Weekly or something, and his record label actually said "Sexy Back" was too odd and would do terribly as a lead single. Why don't you bring your pair back record industry? I knew as soon as I heard "Sexy Back" that it was a hit and I knew that Dem Franchize Boyz would dissapear in a few months. So far I've exhibited a much better understanding of consumer taste than the record industry. This shows the record industry is completely out of touch with what their consumers wants, and would like to make money on their own terms, but not the terms that consumers want.
Now the RIAA is sending threatening letters to college students, denying any opportunity to sell DRM-free music and not supporting enough artists that are taking chances. I want more progressive pop music, I want to be able to buy music online, from any store and do whatever I want with it. I also really want much better rap music, and judging from sales, so do consumers. In the end however, the record industry and RIAA will not do any of these things and is doomed to take even greater losses in the coming years. I for one, think they deserve it.
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