ok – so it’s from theonion.com and it’s a satirical piece. It’s hilarious and shows the hypocrasy of the RIAA better than anything else i’ve ever read:
“It’s criminal,” RIAA president Hilary Rosen said. “Anyone at any time can simply turn on a radio and hear a copyrighted song. Making matters worse, these radio stations often play the best, catchiest song off the album over and over until people get sick of it. Where is the incentive for people to go out and buy the album?”
“According to Rosen, the radio stations acquire copies of RIAA artists’ CDs and then broadcast them using a special transmitter, making it possible for anyone with a compatible radio-wave receiver to listen to the songs.”
“These radio stations are extremely popular,” Rosen said. “They flagrantly string our songs together in ‘uninterrupted music blocks’ of up to 70 minutes in length, broadcasting nearly one CD’s worth of product without a break, and they actually have the gall to allow businesses to advertise between songs. It’s bad enough that they’re giving away our music for free, but they’re actually making a profit off this scheme.”
Bwahahahaha – comic gold
Full Article Here – You owe it yourself to read this… hilarious!
Related Posts
- Radio stations appeal Web royalties
- Radio Stations Can’t Play Crippled Music Disks
- Traditional radio stations have to pay royalties for Net streaming
- Clear Channel to sell P2P research data to radio stations
- Clear Channel Radio joins fight against internet music piracy
Loading ...
