Comments on: Former RIAA CEO: “Napster Forced Us to Listen to Music Fans”

By: Canadian File-Sharing Myths Debunked

Canadian File-Sharing Myths Debunked — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:08:47 +0000

[...] Rosen, RIAA CEO at the time, said recently that “all of a sudden, record companies started hearing from music fans in a way they never [...]

By: Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:57:22 +0000

Napster is what got me interested into buying my first computer. It changed my life.

By: joebloe

joebloe — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:08:08 +0000

Want to talk about “jumping off a cliff”?? Fine……Lets talk about all the people the idiotic RIAA sued and then turned around and said it was not because of the money!

And if THAT was not stupid enough, here are a few more examples of how the music industry in general does business…..

They alienated the consumer by treating them as criminals who bought products and gave them DRM for their trouble , pushed prices higher than they have ever been on singles, put out artists that couldn’t write a song or play an instrument if their life depended on it because they are only posers….and they want to act like artists actually NEED these clowns???

It seems that people are willing to speak their minds AFTER they are out of employment with the RIAA, but what about those still employed by the RIAA?

And I can think of a BILLION reasons (customers actually) why artists should not include the RIAA or the nmusic industry in general in their dealings with the public.

By: dubstylee

dubstylee — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:23:09 +0000

“There’s no reason record companies shouldn’t be those partners.”

Umm, yes there is. There are millions of them.

By: 1cooldude

1cooldude — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:52:06 +0000

“She says that ultimately the music industry will have to partner with artists to earn revenue from the “whole of a musical experience” if it is to survive. By whole, she means getting a cut of concert ticket and merchandise sales, the last remaining artist revenue stream untouched by the RIAA.”

While they are at it, they may also consider changing their name and all the morons currently heading this organization. I’d say this is a spoiled bunch of bananas that you can’t even make a banana cake. Fresh minds with open views and people will start to take them a bit more seriously.