Tired of being told I'm a crook for liking music...

[harmlessinc]

Please read through this piece and give your thoughts.

Record labels continue to sucker punch music consumers.
http://www.fastandloud.com/music/record-labels-continue-to-sucker-punch-music-consumers-newest-copy-protected-cds-no-mp3s-no-macs-some-pcs-some-cddvd-players-some-car-stereos/
"Newest copy protected CDs: no MP3s, no Macs, some PCs, some CD/DVD players, some car stereos
I am a consumer of music. Always have been. But record labels don’t want my money anymore."

I personally haven't bought a new CD since the the music industry was fined for price fixing and given a slap on the wrist - you mind notice there hasn't been any change in price.

Comments

[ottery.livejournal.com]

I think the problem is that the industry hasn't caught up to the technology. So you can blame the recording industry for being short-sighted and not realizing that people might want to have music in a form that they can play on their mp3 players, or in their car CD players or on their XBox or whatever in the living room. Eventually, bands like Coldplay (and their financial wizards) will realize that heavy copyright protection isn't doing anyone any favors and is alienating that portion of their fan base that chooses to use mp3 players or their computers or whatever to listen to music on.

[harmlessinc.livejournal.com]

Sure we can blame them.
They did the same thing to the player piano, to cassette tapes.

Maybe if it was a new trend, but like the movie industry fighting against VCRs the new technology only increases there market share. Over and over, and yet they fight tooth and nail each time.

[ottery.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about this on the way home ... could it be that the industry's long-term economic model is to (for example), sell a DRM-enabled disc for $20. You want a format that plays on more devices? That'll cost you $30. If a disc that plays on one kind of machine, basically, becomes an industry standard, then features that allow that disc to be played on many machines become possible moneymakers.
Other than that, I'm wondering if you're just not feeling pissy about this for some reason I'm not getting.
It's not like all that many people use mp3 players yet, anyway. I think this whole thing isn't affecting enough people to raise a proper, industry-changing stink yet.