[BC] Arrested for just telling people where to find Copywrited material.

[Robert Orban]

At 08:09 AM 10/21/2007, you wrote:


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>Received: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:55:48 AM EDT
>Yep,
>
>And the Chairman of EMI was quoted as follows:
>
>"The industry, rather than embracing digitalization and the opportunities it
>brings for promotion of product and distribution through multiple channels,
>has stuck its head in the sand. Radiohead's actions are a wake-up call which
>we should all welcome and respond to with creativity and energy."
>
>I'm taking odds on what the labels will ACTUALLY do!  My odds say not a
>thing...They will continue their outdated business model, which will continue
>to decline, all the while beating the PIRACY drum and bribing Congress to
>"fix" their problem by forcing Americans to buy their product in the CD
>format. Oh yeah...and the $3000.00 "lawsuits" will continue.

An old friend of mine was just laid off from Universal's marketing 
department in Los Angeles, along with his boss and 11 other staff 
members -- Universal nuked his whole department because the company's 
sales downturn made it economically impossible to continue running 
it. Mark had been working there for over 5 years. Don't delude 
yourself; file sharing *is* hurting real people and so far, digital 
downloads are not making up for lost CD sales ;-(

Bob Orban