john doe lawsuits should be illegal INTERNATIONALLY (as well as u.s.)
because their bullshit would crumble and they would require proof

hope all the executives at the big four go broke after multimillion lawsuits against them

The error is that the job creation figures given and compared, one for $40million while the other is for $400million.

Still the results are the same: the jobs created with the money not spent on records are far greater (and beneficial) if the money is spent on food.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

No kidding?

And how many jobs are added to the local economies by the money not spent on music records. Here is how I calculate this using a hypothetical (admittedly extreme) example of two scenarios:

Ecenario A. A record sells 20 million copies at $20 each, or $400 million dollar total sales. The singer, who is already very wealthy because he is one of the very few who signed a good deal with the record company, gets 40 million dollars ($2 per record) in royalties. With his royalty money he then buys a 300 acre ranch and employs 50 persons as servants and bobyguards, all to pamper him. Total jobs created: 50 servants.

Ecenario B. Not a single record is purchased. The people spend the $400million instead on food. In the food industry, in a poor country where the typical worker makes $5,000 per year, 80,000 jobs/year are created. In the USA the jobs created would be about 20,000. And the people can then eat.

No kiding.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

Incredible that RIAA does not know who the creators are. Maybe they have not read the Cpyright Act. The crators are the songwriters and composers. These are not represented by The Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) an organization that promotes CD sales through awards, parties and publicity (published as “news” by the lame media) for performers, mostly those that record the worst kind of music but backed by record company payola.

Actually, the creators are not represented by anyone, as the so called associations of composers really ONLY represent the interests of music publishers.

Says Wikipedia:

“Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its makers. The Academy is internationally known for the Grammy Awards.”

I’m to the point I’m like the above poster, their dying off can’t happen soon enough for me. Their business model reeks to high heaven. If there’s a penny or a pound that hasn’t been picked up, they’re fighting over whose gonna get it. No where in that is the obligations considered seriously except by lip service. Average Joe either doesn’t know it is going on as it is well hidden or wakes up one day to the defacto “can’t do that anymore” syndrome. Either way, the cartels piss off the very folks they need to keep in business.

Their scapegoat, the piracy theme, has gotten really thin. While they would claim that their demise would be the end of music, it is funny to me that somehow for several thousands of years before their arrival music did just fine without them. I suspect it will continue to do just fine after their demise as there is a certain creative spirit within the human psych that won’t be denied, even without their errr, “assistance”.

I can only hope and pray to be there when the first spade-ful of dirt is laid over the dinosaur’s grave. It can’t come soon enough for my tastes.

Until then it will be business as usual with p2p.