As Label Funds To RIAA Dry Up, Top Execs Still Make Over $1 Million
from the non-profit? dept
Just a few days ago, in mocking the MPAA/RIAA filing with the US's IP Enforcement Coordinator, we noted that they mocked Kim Dotcom as being arrogant and wealthy, but ignored the fact that their own execs made a ton of money. We specifically called out RIAA boss Cary Sherman's 2009 salary. At the time, I realized it was odd that we hadn't seen any update on salaries, since they have to file these things publicly. Well, it turns out that the RIAA was just dragging its heels, and Torrentfreak highlighted the latest filing, noting mainly that the RIAA's budget is shrinking drastically, as members are paying less (in part due to massive consolidation from the major labels).That said, it doesn't seem to have dampened the salaries the RIAA is paying its top execs. This report covers 2010, so it's out of date. Mitch Bainwol is still there and Cary Sherman is the number two guy, rather than top dog as he is now. Still, if being rich and arrogant is evidence of someone up to no good, the RIAA's top brass may have some explaining to do:
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Filed Under: cary sherman, funding, labels, mitch bainwol, mitch glazier, neil turkewitz, salaries, steve marks
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#2 guy
Truer words have never been spoken. Always knew he was full of shit.
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Typical Modern Business Success Story
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Money
It takes a lot of money to maintain that isolation bubble that shields you from the reality of your out of date and failing business model.
It takes a lot of money to keep the high polish on your rose colored glasses that let you pretend consumers don't pretty much universally hate you and all you stand for.
It takes a lot of money to keep your conscience silent as you watch the artists get cheated at every possible opportunity.
It takes a lot of money to keep your spine from turning into a corkscrew as you twist and bend the truth about how your industry is failing due to piracy and "theft".
It just takes a lot of money, and if you give them a chance they will tell you how much they deserve it... and they'll do that with a straight face while looking you in the eye.
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I bet the old guy down the street who's always bitching about lawn intruders would do it for a year's supply of Hamm's, which works out to well below minimum wage.
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Value of a job
In the old days, and AS PER those on top..
your wages are based on your production...your usefulness,,
What are the Odds, that most of these guys work 1/2 days and go DO something else, and let all the LOWER PAID people do the job??
Any guess's?
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Why the fuss, unless you are just trying to once again sully their reputations?
What amazes me is that your readers generally fall for this crap.
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their wages are really not that high either !!, me thinks Masnick is crying for the sake of crying.. probably because masnick could only dream of earning money like that,
If masnick thinks he could do the job better, why not apply for the job,, ?? I know.. because there is no way masnick would be able to run a business that makes any real profit..
how do you make your money again masnick ?? by being a professional winger ! and permanent leach on society..
Like many you cry about, they have achieved something, you can never expect to achieve, you know, respect, trust, ability to earn a decent wage, a job, or a direction in life.. so you spend your time in your twisted and bitter world, where you can wallow in your own crapulence.
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"Like many you cry about, they have achieved something, you can never expect to achieve, you know, respect, trust, ability to earn a decent wage, a job, or a direction in life.. "
You have an awesome sense of sarcasm, for a minute there I thought you were serious.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V55Zq5whVCI
With that said, this is the why for the "LoL" :)
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apply for the job
Because he's just no morally corrupt jackass?
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What amazes me is that they expect people to fall for that crap.
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Masnick doesn't need to lie; the RIAA has a monopoly on that.
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What I picture.
Youtube: If you watch this 100 times you'll still laugh !
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Because it use to be more than 10 billion.
PAY ATTENTION!
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Hint it was not piracy.
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So exactly why should I be concerned for the monetary welfare for something that is non-essential? You're going to call me a pirate anyway.
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Cat Nip Trip
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Just in case anyone would otherwise fall for this...
These very same people who apparently take home a very decent wage, are the very same people who claimed that being rich and arrogant is the same as being guilty and/or a criminal; completely missing the fact that those two labels applied just as much to themselves as others(and more-so a lot of the time).
As for your 'trying to once again sully their reputations?' line I just can't help but laugh, they do that far more effectively on their own, they certainly don't need help from an outside source for that.
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It's called projecting. The RIAA execs are rich and arrogant, and they got that way mostly by being guilty and/or criminals. So when they see someone else that is rich and arrogant (like Mr. Dotcom), they automatically assume that person must be guilty and/or a criminal.
The idea that someone could become rich by providing a useful service or product that people want is completely foreign to the RIAA and MPAA.
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What amazes ME...
What kind of return did the 5 billion dollar industry get for that?
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You get failure, apparently.
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Youtube: Nyan Cat [original]
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LOl at anonymous coward
If you only come on here to insult the writers maybe you should be more honest about it and just insult them, call them names and get it out of your system, i mean you obviously have a lot of hatred bottled up there from comments you have previously made.
I would stay away from here for a while, all that stress and anger building up inside you could cause health problems.
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I think he's done that already by using the words "Fuck off and die."
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Don't eat and read Techdirt!
"you'd think that its members could find cheaper execs to keep driving the organization into the ground."
I spilled my food across the floor because laching and a mouth full of food don't match very well :-)
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Don't eat and read Techdirt!
"you'd think that its members could find cheaper execs to keep driving the organization into the ground."
I spilled my food across the floor because laching and a mouth full of food don't match very well :-)
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I thought..
Was there some other thing the RIAA was supposed to do? I heard a rumor that some money was given to the artists, but I never saw any proof. It sounded about on par with the Loch Ness monster; nothing but a crazy rumor.
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It being a drop in the ocean doesn't affect the query. On the other hand, if RIAA executives are getting peanuts compared to other executives, perhaps entertainment isn't that big an economic deal to begin with - which means (to no surprise) that the usual claims of piracy killing the economy are all nonsense.
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Performance Bonuses ...
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Fiction
Take a look if you get a chance.
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