iPod owners are thieves
p2pnet.net News:- Universal Music ceo Doug Morris has, “basically called iPod users thieves,” says MacDailyNews.
Welcome to the club, iPod users. The Big Four Organized Music cartel has for years been calling p2p file sharers thieves. And criminals.
Universal is France’s Vivendi Universal which, with the other Big Four, EMI (Britain), Soby BMG (Japan and Germany) and Warner Music (US), comprises the Organized Music family.
So what got Morris’ knickers all twisted?
Says the story, “JupiterResearch on September 14, 2006 released a report, Portable Media Player Owners – Understanding iPod Owners’ Music-Buying Habits. The report’s author, JupiterResearch analyst Mark Mulligan, has blogged (see: Straightening the Record) the following regarding the report:
So this report got a lot of attention in the media, which shows how much interest there is in the topic. However some of the coverage has been quite selective in which parts it has highlighted and some have even used it as evidence for Apple-bashing. So for the record here are the key thrusts of the report (all of the below refer to Europe): MP3 player owners of all types (iPods included) don’t regularly buy much digital music. iPod owners are actually more likely to buy digital music than other MP3 player owners. Free online music consumption significantly outweighs paid, significantly more so for owners of non-iPod MP3 players. Device owners are much more likely to buy CD albums online than digital albums.
But, as MacDailyNews explains, iPod users are pure of heart:
The facts: Most tracks on a typical iPod are not tracks that were purchased online. Most tracks on a typical iPod come from CDs that users have legally purchased and already own and ripped via iTunes. Tthe [sic] truth is that iPod owners are significantly less likely to steal music than also-ran MP3 player owners. iPod owners are “substantially less likely to download using filesharing software with only 7% of iPod people downloading illegally compared to 25% on average. And they’re more likely to be buying CDs, with your everyday iPodder buying 2.3 albums a month compared to the average of 1.8,” XTN Data reported in a January 2006 report. XTN Data surveyed over 1,000 UK and US music buyers to arrive at the data. XTN Data also found that 50% of iPod owners regularly download music from Apple iTunes Music Store.
And here’s another fact:
The major labels have been stealing their customers and their artists blind since Day One.
Also See:
MacDailyNews – Universal Music Group CEO calls iPod users thieves, October 19, 2006
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November 13th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
“The truth is that iPod owners are significantly less likely to steal music than also-ran MP3 player owners…”
Umm hmmm…. Full of truthiness. The “also-ran MP3 player owners” bit would be funny if it wasn’t so, well, not funny.
November 14th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
“The major labels have been stealing their customers and their artists blind since Day One.”
There are currently over 75 cds on the american market with songs we own, we being a small music publisher from Puerto Rico. We only own the music of the composer G. Venegas.
None of these cds have a license and none has ever paid any royalties. Sony alone has 24 (so far discovered) cds.
So, in addition to stealing from customers and their artists, please add songwriter and their heirs.
See Venegas v Sony here:
http://rafa_venegas.web.prdigital.com/venegas_v_sony_lawsuit.htm
Rafael venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com