Use "Obvious" next time, subby

Even touching the "Ironic" tag will get you a lecture on what's ironic.

Consider your source there.

Does this really surprise anyone?

Not the artists? I'm shocked! Shocked.

robertbruce

the article links to the actual source.

New York Post is still pretty tabloid, but they quote the Stones' and The Eagles' management guys by name. I doubt they'd do that if they didn't actually say what the Post are claiming they said.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02272008/business/infringement__99428.htm

?

Really?

Is there anybody left in the world that is actually surprised by this?

FTA--"It's being claimed that after legal bills were subtracted from the hundreds of millions in settlements, there wasn't much left over to hand out."

i call shenanigans. if you can't afford to compensate the artists that you are suing on behalf of, then don't sue. but we all know the real reason here is to pad the pockets of the labels and the RIAA themselves. they could care less about the artists. it's all about the bottom line.

anonymousgirl: i call shenanigans. if you can't afford to compensate the artists that you are suing on behalf of, then don't sue. but we all know the real reason here is to pad the pockets of the labels and the RIAA themselves. they could care less about the artists. it's all about the bottom line.

That says it all right there. You go!

This is exactly the same as the studios getting tons of money for downloaded TV shows and trying to get away with not paying the writers (and actors) their residuals.
Will everyone who said "Screw the writers, why should they get paid when a show is downloaded?" now say that it's perfectly acceptable for the music companies to keep this money?

Every employee of the RIAA blows goats. I have proof.

I still have zero sympathy for any college student stupid enough to run a P2P on a computer connected to a college net.

They watch those networks. Everyone knows it or should know it by now. You share stuff there and you're gonna get nailed.

it's hard for artists to get what they deserve from the labels

What a news flash. Welcome to the music business. That's been going on since recording labels have existed.

/submitted this with obvious.

The circle is now complete, Fans rip off artists, RIAA sues fans, Artists sue RIAA, and the winners are the lawyers.

A nice excuse to not feel bad about downloading shiat

thelunatick: /submitted this with obvious.

The circle is now complete, Fans rip off artists, RIAA sues fans, Artists sue RIAA, and the winners are the lawyers.

FTFA: "It's being claimed that after legal bills were subtracted from the hundreds of millions in settlements, there wasn't much left over to hand out."

Jerseysteve22: A nice excuse to not feel bad about downloading shiat

Bwahahahahahahahahah!!! *ghasp* Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

People still do that? The entire guilt-thing?

Where is your God now, Lars Ulrich?

And you RIAA as far as being absolutely useless to everyone, even the artist you claim to defend:

Congratulations...

Ironic would be if the president of the RIAA got caught downloading music. This is just plain obvious. It's the argument that everyone, even musicians themselves, have been using against the RIAA for years.

zz9: Will everyone who said "Screw the writers, why should they get paid when a show is downloaded?" now say that it's perfectly acceptable for the music companies to keep this money?

So you are saying that since I don't peel an apple when I eat it, that I should also not peel an orange?

/Your example is NOT comparing the same things...try again...

Does anyone remember when the Recording Industry Association of America existed to certify that LP's were produced to high standards of audio fidelity? As far as our children will ever understand, the RIAA only ever existed to sue music fans.

To suggest that they represent the interests of the ARTISTS is absurd in the extreme.

/follow the money

is anyone surprised by this?

sly_madman: Ironic would be if the president of the RIAA got caught downloading music..

No it wouldn't.

This being situational irony.

Don't try to correct people if you yourself do not know the proper use of the word.

An example of ironic would be the following: You are driving and swerve to avoid a potential accident and in turn hit someone and cause an accident.

Use of IRONIC tag relates to Alannis Morrisette not getting any money for illegal downloads of that song about irony that was not ironic which makes it, therefore, ironic.

On a more personal note, the only music I download is old tracks from black artists who were farked over by their labels and never got the royalties they were due in the first place. Salt in open wounds is just how I roll.

slideaway: An example of ironic would be the following: You are driving and swerve to avoid a potential accident and in turn hit someone and cause an accident.

Or, having been distracted from my driving by typing a response to a fark post about irony, I crash my car into slideaway's house and kill him as he's smugly considering the perfect post he just left on fark about irony.

tatum: slideaway: An example of ironic would be the following: You are driving and swerve to avoid a potential accident and in turn hit someone and cause an accident.

Or, having been distracted from my driving by typing a response to a fark post about irony, I crash my car into slideaway's house and kill him as he's smugly considering the perfect post he just left on fark about irony.

/no such thing as coincidence

A dying industry seeks to extend its life by destroying through various legal means the new technology that would kill it. Under those circumstances money is not important. The only hope is to believe whatever the lawyers and lobbyists say and pay whatever they ask. Any means of file sharing and any form of file that can be shared must be made illegal so that the revenue stream will start flowing into the proper pockets again. If the music companies fold the artists will lose not only any hope of being paid the money they may now be cheated out of, but also any hope of all the fortunes they may be cheated out of in the future.

Dr. Fritz Rotwang: Does anyone remember when the Recording Industry Association of America existed to certify that LP's were produced to high standards of audio fidelity? As far as our children will ever understand, the RIAA only ever existed to sue music fans.

Alas, the same RIAA that developed the standard equalization curve used on almost every LP and 45 produced in the last half century. What a sad state of affairs today...

This is awesome. I would love it if Metallica sued the RIAA. Infighting ensues, and pretty soon, the RIAA's futile attempt to lock out music fans crashes and burns more spectacularly than the Hindenburg.

madden101: I would love it if Metallica sued the RIAA.

I'd love it if they spent all their money on lawyers to sue the RIAA. Then, after the victory is announced in court, they died.

The artists' gripe is with their labels, not with the RIAA. The RIAA is a trade association representing the interests of the labels, not the artists.

Dr. Fritz Rotwang wrote:

"Does anyone remember when the Recording Industry Association of America existed to certify that LP's were produced to high standards of audio fidelity?"

Ha! Funny you mention that. I was just looking at an old LP in my collection with the "needle in the groove" RIAA logo. Back then it was a largely benevolent organization, mainly concerned with the technical aspects of recording and manufacturing of LPs. Now it's morphed into a group of greedy asshats and lawyers. How times have changed.

I'm not at all surprised by the RIAA keeping the money they've extorted from the American public. I would actually be stunned if they did otherwise, as they have proven themselves to be an evil, and dirty organization.

HappyDaddy Quote 2008-02-29 09:40:22 AM
The artists' gripe is with their labels, not with the RIAA. The RIAA is a trade association representing the interests of the labels ripping off the artists

FTFY :-p

puffy999: madden101: I would love it if Metallica sued the RIAA.

I'd love it if they spent all their money on lawyers to sue the RIAA. Then, after the victory is announced in court, they died.

/FTFM

SilentStrider: is anyone surprised by this?

If anyone is surprised by this, they are looking at the world like this:

usenet

I say, kill them and take their stuff.

It's the only way to be sure.

I live in Canada.

THOSE BASTARDS CAN'T TOUCH THIS!


/bittorrent ftw

Ah...encrypted torrenting....