After Accusing Them Of Being Criminals For Years, Record Labels Want Kids To Shill For Them On MySpace
from the somehow,-I-think-not dept
Do the record labels really not realize how much they've pissed off their best customers for the last decade? It would appear so, because they're now hoping that the kids they've alienated for all these years will become shills for them on MySpace and other social networks, pushing all their friends to buy music as well. That might have worked years ago, but these days it seems like plenty of kids have been so turned off by buying music from record labels that treat them like criminals first, that it seems like an uphill road to convince them to not just start buying music, but shilling for the record labels as well. Especially as reports are coming out that legal purchases have stagnated as unauthorized downloads have continued to grow -- it's hard to believe that the record labels are suddenly going to get everyone over to their side this easily.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Stick and carrot...
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reality check
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Uh no. Why don't *you* see who the real criminals are.
And now back to reality:
Please find another way to justify downloading copyrighted music with something other than taking "advantage of resources that are available to them".
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Where's your proof moron? Come back to reality when you stop talking out of your arsehole.
Idiot.
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They finally get it - bloggers will become the new
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ROTFLMAO!
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Ohhhh the karma
don't buy music... don't listen to the radio... support independent artist
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That independent artist may well just do fine without a label and sell his music through some alternative source and still be able to eat and feed his family.
Got any more?
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Entrapment?
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A Sucker Born Every Minute
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wow
What level of idiocy must the executives have in order to believe that alienation leads to customers? I can't believe how dumb some people truly are..
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Are you telling me artists aren't making any money?
There will always be people who will pay to download music, who will buy CDs/DVDs...blah blah...I'm just not one of them.
If something is easily accessible and free...who are you to judge people for taking it? Fool you I say!
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