It seems the recording industry is very very close to pulling the trigger with the gun in their mouth.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/78119/warner-chief-threatens-to-scalp-itunes.html
ARE THEY MAD?! Do they LIKE being broke? The IPod and ITunes fucking saved their god damned industry, and they want MORE?! These people are some of the most dispicable and disgusting human beings. Their greed is just... sick. You'd think they'd have figured out that they're asses and if they keep it up they wont have jobs. There are little charts and graphs for them too see that trend, but apparently they're half blind, half liars who sold themselves to the devil. Which brings me to my next topic here, Canada is fighting back. The United States law field and governing branches have been bending over and letting the RI slap their asses. However, in Canada, law professors are arguing the point:
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050929.gtcopyrightsep29/BNStory/Technology/
What's this? What the RI has been doing breaks freedom of expression? The copyright laws they've been pushing will hamper creativity and innovation? What a concept! There are a lot of reasons as to why the overall quality of music has been degrading. Personally, I believe one of them is the RI. You sign away almost all rights to what you created and they take more than half of the money. All in the name of making it big. Suck them dry, suck them dead. In the first year, most bands, even(or really especially) outrageously popular bands end up thousands upon thousands of dollars... in the hole. This is with putting out a CD and touring the entire year. Very slowly does the money actually begin to trickle in, and for the most part what they end up spending is off of the recording company's credit. You don't see many signed bands anymore, mostly fabricated bands. Anyways, I've drifted from my point. The RI has no moral values and cares not for the things that keep them afloat.

These people are some of the most dispicable and disgusting human beings. Their greed is just... sick.

Hey, just like the millions that illegally download music ;)

Suicidal Recording Industry

When "rap", emo", and "kuntree" top the charts...i think there is a big problem.

*shivers*

To me, the music industry is always comprised of three levels, a minute amount of great quality, the second level of styles and types that do not bother me but i do not care to listen to, and the enormous third tier that is comprised of music i would not touch, even with a ten foot pole.
But as regulations have come in greater amounts, and as technology developed to be able to pirate and share music, and as the music companies became overprotective...we have run into several hindrances that are changing the music producing for the moment.
Meh, let them drown. ;)

Originally posted by Blibblob

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/78119/warner-chief-threatens-to-scalp-itunes.html
ARE THEY MAD?! Do they LIKE being broke? The IPod and ITunes fucking saved their god damned industry, and they want MORE?!

That damn link crashed my browser. :mad:

Are they mad? I think it's more that they're stupid. I mean seriously, look at any of the entertainment industries. They complain about how DVRs allow people to "steal" free TV by skipping ads, but don't want to try another model, or can't think of an alternate model. Movies get crappier and theaters charge more and more and include lots of ads before the movie and then wonder why no one wants to go? I just really think they're not that bright. So instead of fixing the problem, they talk Congress into passing laws disallowing the competition.