Comments on: RIAA: Greed, defined http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/09/25/riaa-greed-defined/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jason http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/09/25/riaa-greed-defined/#comment-80189 jason Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1764240004#comment-80189 amen. amen.

]]> By: davidicus http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/09/25/riaa-greed-defined/#comment-80190 davidicus Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1764240004#comment-80190 double amen. double amen.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/09/25/riaa-greed-defined/#comment-80191 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1764240004#comment-80191 davidicus, your amen counts waaaaay more than anyone else I know on this topic - being a musician yourself! What I need to figure out is why on earth the Big Labels are still necessary. I was talking with King about this over lunch, and he mentioned the back catalogues as the main reason - they own them, and therefore control all existing music. But, new music (or more accurately, new musicians) shouldn't have to bow down to the monopoly that the RIAA is so zealously guarding. They can just pick up some cheap hardware, with some cheap/free software, and by and large produce something that rivals what the big studios could put out... So, you say you want a revolution... davidicus, your amen counts waaaaay more than anyone else I know on this topic – being a musician yourself!

What I need to figure out is why on earth the Big Labels are still necessary. I was talking with King about this over lunch, and he mentioned the back catalogues as the main reason – they own them, and therefore control all existing music. But, new music (or more accurately, new musicians) shouldn’t have to bow down to the monopoly that the RIAA is so zealously guarding. They can just pick up some cheap hardware, with some cheap/free software, and by and large produce something that rivals what the big studios could put out…

So, you say you want a revolution…

]]> By: Marnie from Burbank, CA http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/09/25/riaa-greed-defined/#comment-80192 Marnie from Burbank, CA Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1764240004#comment-80192 "The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." -Harlan Ellison “The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”

-Harlan Ellison

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