Interesting articles

[scarreddragon]

Specifically, one: Janis Ian's "The Internet Debacle". Tanya, this is right up your ally!

I agree 100, 1000% with this entire article, but one thing especially stood out to me:

Who's to say that any of those people would have bought the CD's if the songs weren't available for free? I can't find a single study on this, one where a reputable

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[sarah_the_crab]

Agreed!

And we all know how crazy Sarah is when it comes to buying CDs. -__-;;

[sakurakessho]

Oh so much up my ally! :D

[sakurakessho]

As an addedeum that I forgot to mention before.

Gizmodo (before they went batshit insane Apple fanboys) had a nice, RIAA boycott in 2007 and had some great articles too.

NPR Says F the RIAA albeit in an erudite strongly worded letter after some tea

Gizmodo's Anti-RIAA Manifesto

Funny RIAA Lawsuit Flowchart

Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are

[scarreddragon]

haha nice! I'll read those after I get back from the funeral xD

[superspazmizu]

Good lord... you need the rest of the Gaga album. stat

[scarreddragon]

Exactly. People will pay for stuff, but the music industry calls their customer base thieves. lol

[scarreddragon]

oh, and thanks for the album!

[hungry_worm]

I absolutely agree with your music downloading&buying habits. I don't want to know how much I spent o CDJapan and YA, though. XD;;

[scarreddragon]

I was a little shocked at the amount myself... and that is only the information within a few mouse clicks away. It is probably double that at least...

[scarreddragon]

lol