Comments on: ‘Quality’ fake music product

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:30:46 +0000

SAID TO BE LETTER

Ivaylo

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:34:47 +0000

The RIAA’s offical status is a non-profit status. How they get away with that, I don’t know with all the lawsuits that are going on. Seems to me that certainly qualifies as a profit.

The stockholders aren’t into the RIAA. It is an independent organization representing the stockholders interests by trying to force laws and to enforce copyright infringement. It’s authority granted it by the major mega-corporations that it represents.

The mega-corps are only showing the stockholder what it wants them to see. Everytime you hear stockholder reports it is all roses and smell good. When you hear of p2p it is usually the RIAA and it screaming bloody murder it’s being thieved to death.

I much agree that the non-profit status should be re-examined by the IRS. Every since the RIAA has went on this sue’em all campaign there should be tons of money flowing in and more to come. Can’t see how that is non-profit unless the creative accounting can slip in a few mega-dollar deductions.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:49:14 +0000

It makes me wonder. Do the shareholders of the RIAA and it’s member organisations have any idea how much money the RIAA is just throwing away on all this crap?

Or is it all just a big tax dodge? Maybe the IRS should start taking a look at the RIAA’s books…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 05:28:09 +0000

The music industry for the mega-corporations has all but ceased to produce new and interesting stuff. They have fell back to remastering old works in ever increasing amounts. Those old works are also still out there in unprotected (read without DRM) containers and it is easy to get copies of them. Very easy. Since the mega music corps haven’t been inflaming the buyer as they did in the past, there isn’t the excitement that once was over some group coming out with a new album.

What the industry has instead attempted is to lock up the product, make it harder for the legal customer to use, and raised the prices to unheard of levels in attempts to retain the same income from less. None of those practices endear the customer to loyality to the music industry. The industry has responded by calling the customer a thief and ignoring customer satisfaction in the persuit of the bottom line. They have no one to blame but themselves. I for one have no pity for them. Nor do many others.

This article is about nothing but turf protection and criminals fighting over the dollar. Easiest way to end it is to eliminate the copyright extensions to corporations and allow them only for the author of the work and only for a limited time, which I don’t call the present time limit really a limit.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:30:02 +0000

You hit the nail on the head with that one. Great post.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:57:27 +0000

One Criminal Syndicate competing with another criminal syndicate. both have the ear of government, both have nearly unlimited capitol. This is real interesting.

Rick

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:35:22 +0000

This is simply because there is such a huge artificial gap between the cost of manufacturing and the retail “value” of the product. If the big media companys were not so greedy this would not be nearly the problem it is. Sure, the media companys have costs other than just physical product production and distribution (both are real costs for counterfeiters too), but the “margin” they charge over and above ALL costs associated with getting a piece of media from the artist’s head to consumer hands is so grossly inflated that they might as well paint targets on their foreheads that say “steal from us”. Try walking thru a bad neighborhood at night with $100 bills hanging out of your pockets. Duh…