Fallout from the Internet Debacle

gatesh8r writes "This article off of Janis Ian's site lashes out at the RIAA for "wanting to control everything that the consumer will purchase" and then proposes some mild and thoughtful solutions to the problem. Nice to see an artist write up something like this." This is her follow-up to her earlier piece.

In not so distant future

[af_robot]

This article off of Janis Ian's site lashes out at the RIAA for "wanting to control everything that the consumer will purchase"

RIAA pre-crime cop:
- We've got a signal that you was downloading banned so-called P2P software. You're under arrest for future illegal download. Your're supposed to download unlicensed Britney Spears song in less than four hours. The fact that we prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.

I bought CDs until...

[MarvinMouse]

The day I went into a music store and it was cheaper to purchase a DVD Movie by $5 then a CD.

You can purchase DVDs now for approx $14.99CAN (approx $8.00US), while CDs still average approx $19.99CAN (approx $11.00US). (This is an average I calculated by going to Walmarts, HMVs, Music Citys, and a few other shops that sell both, and adding up and working out the average. Just so you are aware, music stores get really suspicious of people with graphical calculators. I had to explain to far too many clerks that I am just a mathematician and sometimes even show them my university ID so they would believe me.)

Now, is it just me, or is this absurd? I can buy a DVD that has sound, video, and usually lasts about twice as long (with all the special features) then a CD for less then the CD costs me...

For some reason I don't think the RIAA is hiring mathematicians or economists, just more lawyers.

WWJJD???

[Anonymous Coward]

Whenever faced with a deep philosophical conundrum regarding the role or music and ethical dilemmas regarding its ownership, consider the highest source of wisdom asn ask:

What Would Joan Jett Do?