RIAA insanity. Link and information inside.

So apparently, the RIAA is good for one thing, and one thing only - and the proof is in the ledger books.

2008: $16 Million in lawyer fees - $391,000 in recovered "losses"

2007: $24.5 Million in lawyer/investigative fees - $515,929 recovered

2006: $23 Million in lawyer/investigative fees - $455,000 recovered

C'est encroyable, n'est ce pas?

Awesome

They're taking their MO from the War on Drugs.

those poor recording artists :(

i recently downloaded metallica's discography... then deleted it.

  On 7/14/2010 at 8:37 AM, chenGOD said:

C'est incroyable, n'est ce pas?

That was bothering me, so I fixed it. RIAA is dumb.

  On 7/14/2010 at 12:01 PM, Jimmy James said:

those poor recording artists :(

 

This is the home of Lars Ulrich, the drummer for Metallica. Look. There's Lars now, sitting by his pool. This month he was hoping to have a gold-plated shark tank bar installed right next to the pool, but thanks to people downloading his music for free, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.

Come. There's more. Here's Britney Spears' private jet. Notice anything? Britney used to have a Gulfstream IV. Now she's had to sell it and get a Gulfstream III because people like you chose to download her music for free. The Gulfstream III doesn't even have a remote control for its surround-sound DVD system. Still think downloading music for free is no big deal?

Now look in this window. Here you see the loving family of Master P. Next week is his son's birthday and, all he's ever wanted was an island in French Polynesia. I see an island without an owner. If things keep going the way they are, the child will not get his tropical paradise.

Man must learn to think of these horrible outcomes before he acts selfishly or else... I fear... recording artists will be forever doomed to a life of only semi-luxury.

what foolishness

  On 7/14/2010 at 1:56 PM, xxx said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glUf4PQ-vuU

rofl

this made me lol.

that project <red> thing that bono did a while back had a similar problem as i recall - cost about $200m to launch, and has only raised about $5m or something.

  On 7/14/2010 at 1:45 PM, pigster said:

This is the home of Lars Ulrich, the drummer for Metallica. Look. There's Lars now, sitting by his pool. This month he was hoping to have a gold-plated shark tank bar installed right next to the pool, but thanks to people downloading his music for free, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.

What makes this really insidious is that while sure there are some rich pop stars..much more frequently musicians make almost nothing off their albums or even go into debt while the industry make millions.

this made my day. burn RIAA, burn.

lol

  On 7/14/2010 at 1:51 PM, xxx said:

Between that and "Domino Bears"...I dunno, you've the makings of ProWATMMer^TM

dude. jimmy is around a looooong time.

  On 7/14/2010 at 2:06 PM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 7/14/2010 at 1:56 PM, xxx said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glUf4PQ-vuU

 

rofl

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... etc.

fucking hurry up and die already, burn in hell, you complete fucking cunts.

The whiff of desperation you get from an RIAA lawyer could kill a garden.

  On 7/14/2010 at 9:39 PM, Braintree said:

The whiff of desperation you get from an RIAA lawyer could kill a garden.

the lawyers are the only smart ones in this situation. they're charging 16 million dollars for less than $400K ROI... and getting way with it.

  On 7/14/2010 at 9:45 PM, blicero said:

  On 7/14/2010 at 9:39 PM, Braintree said:

The whiff of desperation you get from an RIAA lawyer could kill a garden.

 

the lawyers are the only smart ones in this situation. they're charging 16 million dollars for less than $400K ROI... and getting way with it.

Good point. Let's say it's coming from one of the executives, then.

if you want to hear about RIAA-related goings-on from the horses mouth, so to speak, this is the man to follow: http://slashdot.org/~NewYorkCountryLawyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Beckerman

yeah the blog I linked to is NYCL's blog.

who pays for the lawyers?

lol

  On 7/14/2010 at 10:14 PM, chenGOD said:

yeah the blog I linked to is NYCL's blog.

  On 7/14/2010 at 10:38 PM, Jimbob said:

who pays for the lawyers?

troon does.

ps sorry kaini, didn't mean to sound snarky with my post.