Posted on 03/01/2007 11:39:15 AM PST by steve-b
NEW YORK--The discussions at a music conference here Tuesday started with an all-around bashing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs before moving to the plethora of issues plaguing the music industry....
CD sales fell 23 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2006. Legal sales of digital songs aren't making up the difference either. Last year saw a 131 percent jump in digital sales, but overall the industry still saw about a 4 percent decline in revenue.
That has the industry pointing fingers at a number of things they believe caused the decline.
At the opening of the conference, some of the panel members lashed out at Jobs. Members said Jobs' call three weeks ago for DRM-free music was "insincere" and a "red herring."
"Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats," Jobs wrote in a letter that rocked the music industry. "In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat."...
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Wow....I can't believe I actually agree with something Jobs said.
Could it be that America might be getting a bit fed up with the attitude and greed of the recording industry??? Just maybe.
Wow....I can't believe I actually agree with something Jobs said.
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Be careful -- Jobs is a BIG Al Gore and global warming supporter...
The problem is that most of todays music bites.
Here's a novel concept: How about supplying the public with some good material?
Music Executives:
"What part of 'You Suck' do they not get.."
You nailed it.
You said -- "Be careful -- Jobs is a BIG Al Gore and global warming supporter..."
That doesn't mean that I won't continue to buy iPods and Macintosh computers. Got another one coming in another couple of months. A MacBook Pro. And then, after that, an iPhone.
So, while I won't vote for Al Gore for President (God forbid that...) or even if Steve Jobs ran for President, I wouldn't vote for him. But, as long as he keeps making that equipment, I'll buy that.
Everything fits into their "niche". And for Steve Jobs, it's making those things he's been making....
Regards,
Star Traveler
In my small way I hope I am hurting them. I have been buying my music directly from the bands lately. Still paying 15 bucks, but the talented guys who actually produced the music that I like make the bulk of the money instead of the RIAA and their corrupt distro network.
Screw the RIAA and their kind.
You said -- "Could it be that America might be getting a bit fed up with the attitude and greed of the recording industry??? Just maybe."
Is "All-of-MP3" still up? http://www.allofmp3.com/
I hope so. I've been buying there for years. I haven't been back in a few months, but I think that the U.S. is trying to shut them down (the U.S. government, through the State Department, working on behalf of the RIAA, that is...).
The RIAA definitely has not been able to legally shut them down, so they recruited the U.S. Government to apply pressure to the "bear" (and Putin), in order to get them to change their laws. I hope Putin doesn't listen....
Regards,
Star Traveler
Pinging you to an article about the woes of the music industry.
The recording industry has been around for almost 100 years now, and we have almost a century of musical talent preserved in one form or another, so it's not for lack of material, good or otherwise, that their business model is failing. As Steve Jobs was pointing out, the recording industry's current notions of the best way to package and sell music stinks -- that's the problem.
"Buggy Whip Manufacturing Executives Judge Ford, Lament Losses."
Could it be that America might be getting a bit fed up with the attitude and greed of the recording industry??? Just maybe.
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Or maybe we are just sick of the garbage they are producing?
I don't deny that music from the past is great. There are only so many recordings one would want to purchase. Given the lack of talent in the last 10 or more years, I am surprised the recording industry is still alive. All the pop/rock music sounds alike now, as though scratching a fingernail on a blackboard.
"I wouldn't vote for him. But, as long as he keeps making that equipment, I'll buy that."
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Me too -- an iMac, a MacPro, and two iPods. Good stuff - excellent performance and quality. But Jobs is still a raving liberal -- we will forgive him.
Yep you are on the right 8-track. :)
A single guy can play, mix, produce and distribute from his basement these days. That is where real music is still alive.
You said -- "But Jobs is still a raving liberal -- we will forgive him."
As long as he stays at Apple and doesn't do anything else in this country.
HOWEVER, I did like what he had to say about the teachers. He is outspoken when he wants to be. He wasn't too "liberal" for those teachers...
Regards,
Star Traveler
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