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Skriven 2006-01-28 17:32:30 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 9426 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: iPod business
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:21:21 -0500, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote:

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>On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:42:22 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"
><gmeadow@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>[snip]
>>It's NOT a "windfall" for either side.  I've seen the internal numbers, and
>>believe me, the record companies WANT to believe that it's more profitable
>>to sell online. It's just not the case.  There's less revenue coming back in
>>to support the creation of new talent, or artist development.  That's partly
>>why the new music is getting fewer choices, people taking fewer chances,
>>because there's less money to roll the dice with.
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>Personally, I think there is way too much 0overhead in the record
>industry.  They've been too fat and happy for too long.
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>To reduce expenses, the first thing the record companies should do is
>stop supporting the RIAA.  That alone would increase sales.

Wow...

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522669/20060127/index.jhtml?%20headlines=true

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The Recording Industry Association of America has drawn plenty of fire from the
thousands of consumers it has sued for illegally downloading music. But on
Thursday, a record label threw its hat in the ring, speaking out strongly
against the RIAA's  actions and offering to pay the legal fees and fines for
one family that has been sued.

Nettwerk Music Group, the Canadian record label and artist-management company
that is home to Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies and Sum 41, is
taking on the RIAA on behalf of Elisa Greubel, a 15-year-old Texan whose father
was sued by the recording industry trade group in August 2005 for owning a
computer that allegedly shared more than 600 music files.

Among the nine songs the RIAA is focusing on in the suit, according to
Nettwerk, is management client Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi." The RIAA is demanding
Greubel's family pay $9,000 to settle the suit, or half that amount if the
family signs off on the conditions built into a standard settlement agreement
(see "RIAA Sues 784 For File-Sharing, Gives Props To Supreme Court Ruling" and
"Single Mother Of Five Takes On RIAA In Downloading Case").


Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride said in a statement that legal action is
not the answer. "Suing music fans is not the solution, it's the problem."...

"Litigation is a deterrent to creativity and passion and it is hurting the
business I love. The current actions of the RIAA are not in my artists' best
interests." — Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride...
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