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Why the RIAA is shooting themselves in the foot
One week after this so called crackdown began guess how much online members involved in the P2P community decreased. It didn't decrease at all in fact membership increased by 10 percent. How this happened is simple they inadvertently advertised for what they were fighting against. By saying we need to stop this it is so easy for individuals to get any song or even entire CD they desire. If I were a regular Joe who knew nothing of this service prior I'd be thinking, "Any music I want free and quick, that sounds pretty darn good to me I'll check it out". They also say exactly what they are looking for on the networks, which will of course prevent them from catching any of the individuals they are attempting to stop. They say they are targeting people that are sharing a substantial amount of music. Common users share very few files or none (they just move them out of their shared when the file is downloaded or they disable sharing all together). The majority of those who share exurbanite amounts of music files are so called computer gurus and they can reroute their IP address with a fake one so they could never get caught anyways. The RIAA needs to stop with its ridiculous comparisons as well. They say downloading a CD is just like walking into a Record Store and stealing it. Apparently they didn't take any classes in economics or accounting; you can't steal something that cost nothing to produce and isn't particularly owned by someone. You see when I walk into Big K-mart and steal my favorite censored Jay-Z CD I am stealing from K-mart. Because of me K-marts inventory is down and they have to adjust their balance accordingly. If I were to download a CD online whose inventory is down, whose balance needs to be adjusted? Don't tell me I am hurting the artist because that simply isn't true. What most people don't realize is once a band is on a major label their CD sales do not really affect how much money they make. The majority of their earnings are from touring. Now in the past people would think that bands that have middle of the road CD sales wouldn't do well on tour and therefore they wouldn't make money anyways. If you gain 10 million new fans because they download your CD's off of a so-called thief would you really mind? There was a time where being an artist meant trying to convey a message and be heard by the world. Now it seems they are saying we will be heard if you give us 12-20 dollars. Also have you ever noticed that the artists that complain about P2P are the ones that already have a un-spend-able amount of money? Fun little fact here Metallica's CD sales went up during the time Napster was prevalent, which they claimed was ruining their record sales. Selling more albums than you were before without releasing a new CD in my book is a good thing but apparently to Metallica it is the devil. Maybe I should rephrase that some say they like the devil; but apparently to Metallica it is a sign of failure. RIAA, Metallica, Every other whining individual that calls themselves
artists, stop your moaning and complaining and just suck it up. For
every P2P you shut down ten more will pop up, maybe just maybe you need
to find something else to blame bad CD sales on. How about a dire mainstream
music scene that can't excite anyone? If the current music scene were
a health condition it would be a heart attack. Please help resuscitate
the heart instead of sticking a stake right through it.
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