Comments on: Berman leaves IFPI http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2437 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:11:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2437/comment-page-1#comment-5498 Reader's Write Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:12:44 +0000 #comment-5498 The music industry could try to use their money to make better products, maybe a better CD offering with extras at reduced cost. But they prefer using their vast wealth to throw away money on worthless protection schemes that can be bypassed by holding "shift". Thus justifying to themselves their grossly overpriced soulless "product". Maybe they'll realise at some point that no matter how clever their "protection schemes" are they will be defeated, either because it will be too aggravating to be bought by most customers or because it will be circumvented. Not to mention that racketeering your customers is not a great way to endear them to you. But you can make lots of money on it. However, since the RIAA is a non-profit organisation, they have to recycle the money to do something else. Can you guess? File more lawsuits! Ad nauseum. Good thing for them they can rely on their bough-for politicians to push laws for them. After all, what can't you do if you're rich and stupid? The music industry could try to use their money to make better products,
maybe a better CD offering with extras at reduced cost.

But they prefer using their vast wealth to throw away money on worthless protection schemes
that can be bypassed by holding “shift”.
Thus justifying to themselves their grossly overpriced soulless “product”.

Maybe they’ll realise at some point
that no matter how clever their “protection schemes” are they will be defeated,
either because it will be too aggravating to be bought by most customers
or because it will be circumvented.

Not to mention that racketeering your customers is not a great way to endear them to you.
But you can make lots of money on it.
However, since the RIAA is a non-profit organisation,
they have to recycle the money to do something else.
Can you guess? File more lawsuits! Ad nauseum.

Good thing for them they can rely on their bough-for politicians to push laws for them.
After all, what can’t you do if you’re rich and stupid?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2437/comment-page-1#comment-5494 Reader's Write Wed, 15 Sep 2004 04:02:46 +0000 #comment-5494 The only "challenge" is to figure out a new business model where the customers can still remain customers and not consumers. But no, they shall fight to gain control of their consumers. The only “challenge” is to figure out a new business model where the customers can still remain customers and not consumers. But no, they shall fight to gain control of their consumers.

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