Comments on: RIAA Wants Songwriter Royalties Cut by 39%?

By: New Band Signs on to Major Record Label – Where Does All the Money Go?

New Band Signs on to Major Record Label – Where Does All the Money Go? — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:21:24 +0000

[...] the labels really want to pay the artist as little as possible. Just look at 2008 when the labels were in court to reduce artist royalties they have to pay out to name one [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:47:13 +0000

Once there was a time when music was so valuable to society that people would collect it like fine art. They wanted their own copy of the latest issue of a fantastic LP. What the record companies are pitching now is so disposable it’s devalued at every opportunity. Build a better mousetrap…….

By: freeloader105

freeloader105 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yes this is definite proof that RIAA doesn’t care about the music or the people who create it only about getting more for themselves. They will never acknowledge the truth of the situation.

By: manakazero

manakazero — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Further proof why people don’t buy music anymore

By: StormNinja

StormNinja — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Somebody has to help fund all those law suits against the file sharers. Why shouldn’t the song writers and publishers be expected to contribute to the “cause”? Source: the riaa rule the world in 10 easy steps manifesto vol 1 page 1…

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They make Scientology look like the worlds greatest philanthropists.

By: Gamer8585

Gamer8585 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jesus the stupidity of men that are supposed to be educated in business….

BIS 101: you make a shitty product you get shitty profits.
BIS 101: You make a luxury product and your profits will suffer during an economic recession (real or perceived).
BIS 101: The customer is ALWAYS right. Fuck with your customer and your business will suffer.

I’m not even a Business major and even I know those simple facts.

The artists and publishers should go on strike (like the WGA) until they get a LARGER cut of the profits. Everyone wins (except the record companies and their suffering makes me smile; so fuck them).

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

All this would do if it is approved is drive the artists they still have to other labels and deplete what already is a shrinking group of talent!

Why the record companies cannot see that their tactics are not working is beyond me! The word “stupid” comes to mind when I think of record company execs.

There is a definition of insanity and it goes like this…”If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got!”

It seems the record companies what to always do what they have always done….which has been proven to fail…. YET get different different results….even though they do not change a thing! THAT IS INSANITY!

By: Nogoodpunk42

Nogoodpunk42 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

let the RIAA do it. Vote for it! Let’s go RIAA! Next year lower it to 7%. and so on until the people that create the “product” the RIAA needs you to buy don’t make anything. That’ll really help! Maybe the public will buy another rehashed compilation of music. Maybe they won’t. Maybe the record labels top brass will no longer be able to buy that 5th car. Maybe they won’t. I know let’s just give the RIAA our credit card numbers and just completely get rid of the artist!

By: Burd

Burd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This dinosaur (the RIAA) is dying a slow and painful death screaming all the way. Don’t they get it? They’re not needed any more! Their job was promotion and distribution. Both are not necessary today. Promotion? Put the song on the band’s website allow free downloads put it into a file sharing network even! Distribution? Downloads of course. Who the heck buys C.D.’s anymore besides those fools who purchase compilations in the mail from Time Life? In snail mail? Come on! Rest in pieces RIAA!