The Mood Among Campus File-Swappers
from the antagonizing-the-wrong-crowd dept
A Stanford student has written an opinion piece for News.com explaining why the music industry is making a huge mistake by antagonizing their customers, rather than embracing the technology they want to use. He makes the point that these people are still their customers - and there is a large group of them that use file sharing to discover new artists, who they then spend money on. If the RIAA embraced file-sharing and targeted those groups with promotions, they could increase their market. Instead, they're pissing off their own customers who are increasingly looking towards alternatives.
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Why not make June "RIAA month" -- A BOYCOTT!
A spectacular boycott, in a very short time, will convince the RIAA that they need to woo us, not sue us!
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