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9/9 RIAA Rocks! They got $2,000 off of the girl who liked "nursery
rhymes"!
\_ urlP
\_ http://csua.org/u/48n
\_ A 12-year-old living in the projects who misunderstood
copyrights, and they got $2000. I think I start file
swapping just on principle for that one....
\_ Lets boycott the mainstream music industry. Stop buying
albums.
\_ I think not. That felon shared over 1,000 copyrighted
songs. And you tell me she didn't have an idea it
was wrong.
\_ Anyone knows how many song she downloaded or stored on her PC?
\_ I read it was over 1200.
\_ i threw out all my Metallica albums cuz they were at the
forefront of this wussiness.
\_ of course, it's very convenient that metallica had already
started to suck by the time napster happened.
And Justice For All was their last decent album.
\_ Started to suck? They *always* sucked. All that changed
is you got old enough and your taste improved enough to
see it.
\_ That's probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.
\_ albums you already paid for? yeah that'll hurt them.
\_ why don't the go after the $29.99 guys instead?
\_ duh, they've got lawyers
\_ So, motd oracles, explain this to me: if I rip CDs that I own
and share them on my hard-drive, will the RIAA have a case? Or
does it have to be a case of mp3s I've obviously dl'd from another
user? And if I can't share mp3s I've ripped myself, is it even
legal for me to be making mixed tapes/CDs for friends? For my
own use? And does any of this hold any legal water or is it all
a case of "comply or we'll bankrupt you with legal fees"?
\_ Look, cut the semantics, just turn yourself in.
Criminal. -John
\_ Ah, I see. I'll just report to the nearest security
booth for termination, shall I, friend Computer? ;-)
\_ Yes, no, maybe, yes, yes.
\_ you want to stop the RIAA, help develop a celestial file sharing
program. broadcast/relayed queries, distributed archiving in an
encryped partial format (so nobody knows what they've really
cached), and swarm file downloading via UDP, ICMP, or other
connectionless protocols with obfuscated and/or FORGED or SOURCE
IP ADDRESSES. It'd be nigh-unto-impossible to track where a file
came from. They'd have to find a way to sue the entire internet.
Good luck RIAA.
\_ Fight the Power. Music yearns to be Free.
\_ Not while it's in the vested interests of the big labels to
keep it in chains:
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| www.taxi.com/transmitter0307/tips0307.html According to the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, approximately 90 of the records that are released by major recording labels fail to make a profit. Independent labels have to be more careful in their choices and in their allocation of expenses because they do not have the resources to cover many failures. However, they can make and promote records for far lower costs than major labels and be profitable with far fewer sales. The budgets for making and selling recordings are tied to what labels estimate they will sell. Knowing how many recordings might be sold makes it possible to budget recording costs. Most profitable labels have histories of selling and promoting that enable them to estimate gross income. Recording Costs Recording costs are borne by artists, not record companies. Record companies commonly make loans to artists all-in advances for these costs and recoup them from royalties. With the exception of jazz and classical artists, new major label artists can spend between $100,000 and $500,000 to make a record, but recording budgets of one million dollars and more are not uncommon. Manufacturing Costs Manufacturing includes replicating recorded material and packaging. Manufacturing costs are generally borne by recording labels, although labels try to deduct packaging costs from the base price on which they pay royalties. Promotional Costs Major labels budget approximately 20 of annual gross income for promotion and selectively allocate the funds according to sales projections for each artist. Independent labels generally budget 10 of projected gross sales of all recordings annually and selectively allocate that budget. Promotional costs include designing and printing promotional and packaging materials for recordings; Some or all the costs for packaging, video production and radio promotion may be recouped from artists royalties, depending on contractual agreements. Distribution Costs The record companies decide on the suggested list retail price SLRP of each format. The SLRP helps stores to determine the discount price they charge customers and helps performers determine the price to charge to fans at gigs and by mail order. The price at which distributors buy from recording companies distributor wholesale price is also set by the record companies. The price at which stores buy from record distributors store wholesale price is determined by the distributors. The price at which record stores buy from record companies that own their own distribution warehouses is approximately 75 of the SLRP. Potential Profits How do these costs relate to a million selling album? |