Anti-Apple/iTunes Website

[coolsoldier]

People have these misguided ideas of what iTunes is. It has a target market, most of which will listen to Top40/Pop music anyway, whether they download it illegally, buy the CD's, or download via iTunes. Of those three, buying via iTunes is best for those artists. Whatever the people who make these websites believe, no distribution system can instantly change the musical tastes of millions of kids.

What iTunes does do is place independent artists next to major-label ones. That's one better than anything else can do with a Top40 audience.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Originally posted by pingin
what, the early to mid 80's?
any particular albums or artists in mind?

Queen, Billy Joel, America, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Styx - to name a few.

 

[kirs]

I thought you were talking about this site.

 

[kuyu]

It's a matter of time until the RIAA really deals a major blow to kazaa users. I wouldn't be suprised to see millions of songs, secretly released by the RIAA, that contain the nastiest virus ever coded. The RIAA has the money to pay mcafee and norton NOT to release the fix. The virus would basically render any computer with the bug totally unusable.

Also, the RIAA would not be prosecuted by the government. One, because they did the anti-piracy laws such a favor. And two, because people willingly downloaded the virus.

As long as the RIAA put up an obscure page on their site which said what songs were infected, they can't be held liable.

I bet that would bring kazaa to its knees in about 4 hours.

 

[djbombjack]

People seem to forget that artists have been getting screwed by record labels since year one.

This is nothing new, and is pretty factored in when you sign a deal. And remember, if an artist is getting screwed, it's usually his or hers manager's fault.

Artists with even an ounce of common sense know that the real money comes from shows, endorsements and merchandise anyway.
(Believe me, i've been a part of the 'industry' for the past 12 years - but not on the label end).

 

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by kuyu
It's a matter of time until the RIAA really deals a major blow to kazaa users. I wouldn't be suprised to see millions of songs, secretly released by the RIAA, that contain the nastiest virus ever coded. The RIAA has the money to pay mcafee and norton NOT to release the fix. The virus would basically render any computer with the bug totally unusable.

Also, the RIAA would not be prosecuted by the government. One, because they did the anti-piracy laws such a favor. And two, because people willingly downloaded the virus.

As long as the RIAA put up an obscure page on their site which said what songs were infected, they can't be held liable.

I bet that would bring kazaa to its knees in about 4 hours.

It would be illegal no matter who released that sort of virus. It's not up to RIAA to determine if someone is a criminal or not it's up to the courts. All people are innocent until proven guilty by a court of law in the united states even if the person walks into a McDonalds and throws 8 grenades killing everyone that person is still innocent of the crime until the court says otherwise.