Comments on: RIAA boss ‘earned’ $1,472,944 in 2006

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:09:58 +0000

All big names in the music industry - including many artists - live in lalaland due to the millions they rake in and they go about suing and using scare tactics to manipulate kids, increasing their revenue in the process!! This is crazy! And the governments support of this terrorizing behavior by the RIAA raises huge concerns. These people are so far removed from the real world its no surprise they can be so disconnected to their customers. The industry needs to adapt with the changing wants and needs of the consumers, not dig there heals in and attempt to force or sue the customer into buying from them - after all the customer is always right yeah? Or is that just a myth thrown out there that just makes us believe that we are a free customer with choices and rights. The only way we can stop the continuity of behavior like this is by big consumer groups is to refuse to be bullied and accept legislation and policies that goes against our own interests and indeed interests of the majority, yet defend the interests of a few.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:06:22 +0000

Blood money is by no means earned. They got it through
exploiting artists and extorting money from college students
and others they are suing.

By: sosumi

sosumi — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:55:48 +0000

Mitch Bainwol’s $1,472,944 paycheck might seem like a lot of money, but it only takes about 400 P2P “settlements” (extortion demands averaging about $3700 per victim) squeezed out of hapless music fans to make up that amount. Let us not forget that the RIAA’s lawsuits against its customers should reach the milestone of 40 thousand sometime this year.

Notwithstanding legal costs, the RIAA is hauling in enough money from lawsuits alone to pay Mitch Bainwol a hundred times over!

By: Shinycheese

Shinycheese — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:42:34 +0000

One word… EARNED????

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:29:23 +0000

a normal person could live his whole life using only a fraction of that money… a good life it would have been too..

By: Richuk

Richuk — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:07:44 +0000

No… no.

‘Disgusting’ is being kind to them. These people must be sub-human because no human could possibly have the arrogance, false care for artists, and general distrust for the people who make them rich, that these ‘people are displaying.

I still laugh when I watch that talk by Cary Sherman - the mere notion that ripping a CD for personal use is anything but crystal clear legal, but that no one asked him why they are not embracing P2P and making 10 times their revenue fairly, rather than their absolutely pathetic attempts to quash it and keep control.

By: D

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:47:54 +0000

But they’re doing it for the artists! Right???? Right??!?!?!?!?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:14:17 +0000

“One word: Disgusting.”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:53:53 +0000

This is how much these parasites and traitors has been costing the US society in 2006.

Once the time come wi will make sure that they return any penny of these plus interests after we throw them into a prison.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:28:59 +0000

One word: Disgusting.