Wait... Who's stealing music downloads?

[Madrigal]

RIAA seeks to cut music download royalty payments to artists by more than a third, to "8%." iTunes goes for the throat and seeks cut to "4%." Not to be outdone, RIAA then switches stance to "Nothing and like it.'

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr...news/e3i29ce7ca58f3334d03346ad2dcaa23e21?pn=1

"Record companies are suffering a contraction of their business at a time when music publisher revenues and margins have increased markedly,"

and this gem...

Internet streams should not trigger any copyright royalty, the association contends, saying that they are performances and not covered under the mechanical license.

Lol, hear that songwriters and musicians? Y'all are making too much damn money while the record companies are suffering... Shame on you. In fact, you shouldn't be making anything at all from downloads! Greedy little piggies.

So, the RIAA admits that there is no overhead for downloads, and the artists should never be paid for them in the first place.

So why exactly are they suing college kids again?

 

[Timi]

Quite simple, it's the game of Monopoly!

Before iTunes and having to pay for Napster when music could be freely shared, there were good tunes, now that RIAA, Record companies, and Lars sunk their greedy little hands into it all, we are forced to listen to mass produced American Idol singers. Frankly, I don't really listen to the radio anymore because it's all crap and use the internet to find specialized stations.

RIAA and the companies should have concern because no one is really buying music. CD sales are pretty much bunk making the CD almost extinct and downloadable music, you're forced to buy American Idol reject #2,345.

 

[Madrigal]

Quite simple, it's the game of Monopoly!

Before iTunes and having to pay for Napster when music could be freely shared, there were good tunes, now that RIAA, Record companies, and Lars sunk their greedy little hands into it all, we are forced to listen to mass produced American Idol singers. Frankly, I don't really listen to the radio anymore because it's all crap and use the internet to find specialized stations.

RIAA and the companies should have concern because no one is really buying music. CD sales are pretty much bunk making the CD almost extinct and downloadable music, you're forced to buy American Idol reject #2,345.

Hey Timi, I don't know what your music tastes are, but I listen to 2 indie stations out of LA that stream live online. So at the risk of TMI...

http://www.kcrw.com/
Warning: It's an NPR station. (Don't want to hurt your sensitive ears :lol But nights are all music. And the DJ's play anything they want. You'll hear hip-hop to electronica to 60's garage to reggae to R&B to classic Jazz. It's a wild range. The DJ's have become well-known music supervisors for commercials and movies. So all those cool songs you hear on car commercials or Apple products, you're likely to hear them here first, because these are the people who pick the music for those spots. Oh, and it's commercial free.

http://www.indie1031.fm/

Punk, Power Pop, Underground Rock, Alternative. This station has a harder edge than KCRW. And people like Steve Jones, Henry Rollins and Peaches have shows here. So you may already know what to expect. This is an awesome station.

 

[Tiveria]

Honestly I think it's related to the Actor's guild nonsense.

If NBC doesn't have to pay royalties to the actors for online content, why should record companies pay their talent? The timing is too close for it not to be related imho.

 

[Artica]

Still someone has to buy the CD to rip the music off it. With digital downloads, now ya don't have to buy the CD to rip it.

 

[Curse]

I don't understand what all this nonsense is about. I just download all the old, but good 90s tunes and stick to that. When I hear something I like I download their album. I don't listen to the radio much either these days. I think you'll find more than half the people who listen to the radio are drivers. I can't imagine many people huddling around a radio at home like in the olden days.

 

[Artica]

I don't understand what all this nonsense is about. I just download all the old, but good 90s tunes and stick to that. When I hear something I like I download their album. I don't listen to the radio much either these days. I think you'll find more than half the people who listen to the radio are drivers. I can't imagine many people huddling around a radio at home like in the olden days.

Internet radio!

 

[biggrass420]

Still someone has to buy the CD to rip the music off it. With digital downloads, now ya don't have to buy the CD to rip it.

Not really, most stolen music comes from record company promos or advance copies sent to radio stations or music reviewers. Usually the CD's hit torrent sites long before they ever come out in stores or on something like Itunes.

Personally, I look on downloading music like a free preview, with all the shit being put out these days, in my opinion it's smart to check something out before you plunk down the cash for it. I've wasted too much money on shitty CD's with 2 good songs on them over the years. Now if I download something, and I like it, I'm going to support the artist and go buy it, period.

 

[Madrigal]

Not really, most stolen music comes from record company promos or advance copies sent to radio stations or music reviewers. Usually the CD's hit torrent sites long before they ever come out in stores or on something like Itunes.

Personally, I look on downloading music like a free preview, with all the shit being put out these days, in my opinion it's smart to check something out before you plunk down the cash for it. I've wasted too much money on shitty CD's with 2 good songs on them over the years. Now if I download something, and I like it, I'm going to support the artist and go buy it, period.

/werd

This is what I've been doing the whole time. I actually buy more CD's than before. The only difference is, I mostly buy indie. And when I do get major label stuff, I always find it used.

 

[micole280]

Not really, most stolen music comes from record company promos or advance copies sent to radio stations or music reviewers. Usually the CD's hit torrent sites long before they ever come out in stores or on something like Itunes.

Personally, I look on downloading music like a free preview, with all the shit being put out these days, in my opinion it's smart to check something out before you plunk down the cash for it. I've wasted too much money on shitty CD's with 2 good songs on them over the years. Now if I download something, and I like it, I'm going to support the artist and go buy it, period.

QFE