Comments on: RIAA dual disc scam

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 23:43:52 +0000

“Just think you can buy your very own copy of a logo from them.”

Nope, you can rent the use of it subject to the RIAA’s complete control of everything you ever do for the rest of your life.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 14:20:04 +0000

This is the usual game they play, only this time they want to initiate the format game instead of waiting on someone to develop it. If they can reinvent the wheel over and over again and make it look like something new, heck every manufacturer that makes equipment to play it will be a happy camper. I long ago go over the buy new everytime something comes out.

Just think you can buy your very own copy of a logo from them. Cheap too! Be real. 100 bucks for two releases? Geeze did they throw that in as an afterthought for Joe Citizen? For what good would that be?

I got news for them, I don’t want it and I am not going to go buy some player just to hear what I am not going to purchase in product. Not only will they want you to buy the product but something to play it on. Sounds to me like these folks been living in fairly land or somewhere too long. They can keep their DRM laden trash, I will keep my money. Sounds like a fair deal to me!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 07:38:05 +0000

Other technologies will make CD/DVD Discs look like LP’s.
Let the RIAA stick that in their pipe and smoke it!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 05:39:39 +0000

I make the same disc on a one sided disc(i know less space, but it hasnt been a big problem). They call them enhanced cd’s. I make them all the time. lol. Only the RIAA would make a more cumbersome technology, and say it’s better.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 02:39:12 +0000

And of course the manufacturers aren’t going to bear the cost of this ridiculous “logo” licensing…..

…which begs the question, “Who will ultimately pay for this ‘logo’ that in essence does nothing?”…

The answer?

The consumer yet again. Fleeced out of hard earned dollars to reward an an ungrateful industry that is everyday beginning to look more and more like organized crime.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 02:32:54 +0000

How do these guys sleep at night?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 13 May 2005 00:11:55 +0000

Twenty years ago, I thought the RIAA was about providing de-facto standards for audio recording technology. Today, it’s run by a bunch of brainless lawyers and bean counters who have no idea about technology.

At least one thing, if I see the “dual-disc” logo, I’ll be suspicious about buying that product.

Since when did the RIAA suddenly become intelligent ?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 12 May 2005 21:31:31 +0000

Yep. It’s amazing.

But what else can you expect from a crew that came up with suing its customers as its main marketing strategy?

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 12 May 2005 21:15:10 +0000

let me get this straight, the RIAA wants labels to pay them (the RIAA) to put a logo on the cover of a dual disc…. just for the logo? A logo that’s not really associated with the dual disc (other than in the RIAA’s mind), but will supossedly let *customer’s* (not consumers) know it is a “quality product”.

Damn! Why didn’t I think of this.Those genius’s at the RIAA have a great plan here.
Ok, I just need someone to design a internet logo. We’ll make money by selling it to all the people who want other people to know they use the “good quality” internet, as opposed to the normal internet everyone without a logo will be using. Damn, there I go again, being good to customers, What I ment to say was we’d make a furtune renting the use of the logo, yeah that’s the ticket. Them we need a logo for those people using good quality TV signals… oh and good quality radio signals…. and sopa I’m sur people want to know other people are using good quality soap….