Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing?

Matilda the Hun writes "The Register is reporting on the RIAA claims that recordable media is more of a source of piracy than P2P networks. From the article: 'The RIAA's chief executive, Mitch Bainwol, last week said music fans acquire almost twice as many songs from illegally duplicated CDs as from unauthorized downloads, Associated Press reports. According to Bainwol, in turn citing figures from market watcher NPD, 29 per cent of the recorded music obtained by listeners last year came from content copied onto recordable media. Only 16 per cent came from illegal downloads.'"

hmmm ...

[Anonymous Coward]

I download the media through filesharing then burn to recordable media. That makes me public enemy #1

In other news...

[harrkev]

In other news, the RIAA has concluded that people are the biggest threat to the recording industry. They are proposing legistlation that will allow all people to be shot.

Re:sneakernet

[justforaday]

How do I set up my file handlers to deal with this sneakernet thing?

What next...

[Sibb]

So does that mean that since I can't get Chumbawumba's Tub Thumping out of my head because it's so damn annoying, that my mind is subject to a fine by the RIAA? When will the idiocracy stop?!?

Oh sure

[Approaching.sanity]

Blame the media.

In other news...

[johndierks]

RIAA is reported to be lobbying heavily against the speaker industry. "According to our studies, 100% of illegally obtained music is enjoyed through speakers." said RIAA spokesman, Steven Jones. "We implore congress to move quickly to protect artists from the criminals wandering the streets, listening to illegal music through speakers."

In Other News....

[Krach42]

Today the RIAA reported that the root cause of their piracy problems was their pricing scheme. When asked how to deal with the issue, they said that they were going to make music more affordable, so that it cost less time and money than the time and effort to pirate it.

In other news, 42 inches of snow fell hard in Hell today, to the surprised residences. A sweet scene of tortured souls being allowed a break to run out and have fun due to the little known "Snow Day" clause that let them have the day off. Aww... they're making snow angels... isn't that cute?

Re:RIAA should address the cause

[Overzeetop]

Yes, we should all bend over backwards to the wishes, whines, and desires of a small group...

Actually, I believe the RIAA standard line is that you just bend over.

"The latest 50 Cent album for $3 to $5"?

[DrCode]

Sounds like a great business!

Re:RIAA should address the cause

[ShieldW0lf]

The RIAA and the MPAA collectively make a lot of money, but that's just a drop in the bucket. The amount of money they make amounts to something like 2% of the GDP. Think about that. 2% of all the money out there comes from RIAA/MPAA earnings.

Now add in the theft that comes from p2p file sharing. Even the most conservative estimates place the value of the media being stolen by these pirates at something in the order of 800% of that being sold. That's 16% of our GDP being stolen by these pirates each year.

Now we need to add in all the theft that goes on with copying cds. We've just recently discovered that it's an order of magnitude worse than the p2p file sharing... I'm talking 8000% of the value of that actually sold. That's 160% of our GDP being stolen and never making it into the economy!

Now lets do the math. 2% that's actually being sold, plus the 16% being stolen on p2p networks, plus the 160% being stolen by cd pirates, plus the other 98% (drugs and cars and oil and stuff. That works out to 276%!!!

This means that if we can put a stop to all this piracy, our GDP will damn near triple! That will trickle down and we'll all be rich!

It's all on account of those bastard pirates that we're all always broke! Dob them in!

Re:RIAA should address the cause

[Anonymous Coward]

"Even my 3 year old knows that you only hold a CD by the edge."

If I were you, I'd get one of those DNA test kits. Apparently the kid is better mannered and smarter than his "father".

If you catch my drift.