March: Boycott the RIAA month
p2pnet.net news:- It’s been tried before, quite a few times, and now the guys at Gizmodo want to give it another shot. And why not? If at first you don’t succeed …….
We’re talking about boycotting ‘product’ made by the RIAA’s owners, the members of the Big 4 Organized Music cartel.
Gizmodo wants March to be Boycott the RIAA month and here’s part of what Adam Frucci has to say:
Without their millions of dollars to throw at lawyers, the RIAA is toothless. They get their money from us, the consumers, and if we don’t like the way they’re behaving, we can let them know with our wallets.
With that in mind, Gizmodo is declaring the month of March Boycott the RIAA month. We want to get the word out to as many people as humanly possible that we can all send a message by refusing to buy any album put out by an RIAA label. Am I saying you should start pirating music? Not at all. You can continue to support the artists you enjoy and respect in a number of ways.
Firstly, I encourage everyone to purchase music from unsigned bands and bands on independent record labels. There are tons of great artists out there, many of which you’re probably already a fan of, that have nothing to do with the RIAA. Buy their records at eMusic, an online store that sells independent tunes in beautiful, DRM-free MP3 format.
Secondly, you can still support RIAA-signed bands without buying their music. Go see them live and buy their merchandise; they get a hell of a lot more money from that then they do from album sales. And hey, you could benefit from getting out more, couldn’t you?
If you are unsure whether or not an album is put out by an RIAA label, the handy RIAA Radar will clear everything up for you. They have both a search engine and a great bookmarklet, so be sure to get yourself hooked up.
Let me just reiterate that we are not saying you should stop buying music and start pirating everything. We need to send a message with our wallets to the RIAA, and that message will only be stronger if we show support for musicians without your money making its way to the lawyer fund.
So come on, make next month one to remember. Let’s stand together and let the RIAA know that yes, we are paying attention and no, we aren’t going to put up with their unethical practices any longer.
Millions of dollars? Try billions. And if you’re among those who still keep the cash pouring in, now’s the time to stop.
Do it for a month and then keep it up.
And while you’re at it, remember: the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) isn’t American. It’s operated by EMI (Britain), Vivendi Universal (France) and Sony BMG (Japan and Germany) with the fourth component, Warner Music, the only US company. And even that’s run by a Canadian.
The RIAA sue ‘em all campaign is just one element of a carefully orchestrated, world-wide effort fronted by dozens of other Big Four ‘trade’ organizations such as the IFPI (the umbrella outfit), BPI, CRIA, ARIA, and so on and so on.
And here’s a list of RIAA ‘associate’ labels.
Spread the word and stay tuned.
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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 pm
They’d be happy for you fringe dwellers to stop annoying them for a while…keep up the good work
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Spoken like a TRUE TROLL! Go elsewhere troll…you add nothing to this discussion!
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:54 pm
I wasn’t planning on buying Music CDs. So that won’t be so hard to do
February 24th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
If we can get EVERYONE to do without buying music at all in ANY form for a WHOLE month (…personally, I think it should be until DRM is TRUELY dead. I haven’t had any adverse affects from not buying music for over 7 years now. NO I don’t even “pirate” it. That defeats the purpose of a boycott. THINK about it!),,, but just abstain from buying music for just ONE stinking month should at least get $OME of the attention of the RIAA.
As for the artists: If they are Stupid/Greedy enough to BELONG to the RIAA in the FIRST place, then they DESERVE what they get…BOYCOTTED, too!!!!!!!!!!!! Pressuring artists to LEAVE the RIAA will further cripple the RIAA even MORE as these “artists” leave the RIAA like the sinking ship it is!
February 24th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
This isn’t hard to do at all. I started a personal boycott of the major labels (not the RIAA itself) the day they started sue’em all. I don’t believe in buying from companies and corporations whose business policies I don’t agree with. I strongly disagree with the sue’em all and the group from the MPAA’s representatives joined that personal boycott when they started.
These acronym organizations are nothing more than one of the heads of the body. Stick it to the main body and the heads will die with it. It is the body, the cartels themselves you deny the money to. Never forget the **AAs are nothing but a lightning rod so that your ire won’t be directed at the cartels.
So hit them where it hurts and don’t stop with a month. Continue it right on. They do understand lack of profits clearly.
February 24th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Here is a link to what I wrote in March 2002 on this topic:
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/3120
“There is no way for the recording industry to tell the difference between lost revenue to people who are sharing big-label music on the Internet, or people like myself who have simply decided to boycott the big-labels.”
February 27th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
nt
February 27th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Why don’t we start a “Tea Party” of sorts and if we are going to boycott then WRITE the **AAs telling them so. I mean snail-mail NOT e-mail. FLOOD their postal boxes so hard they’ll get the idea that all that mail COULD be money IF the wised up enough to stop the sue ‘em all camPAIN as well as wising up enough to put a stop to DMCA/DRM/ect. ad infinitum-ad nauseum.
March 17th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Why not do both: boycott *AND* the “Tea Party”. Surely THAT should garner SOME attention from these greedy **AAs. Just my $.02 worth.