An open letter to the MPAA, RIAA et. al

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Originally posted by ChrisCantSkate
hmm... its called economics. and they are just trying to secure their rightfully owned proporty. im not perfect in the whole "not downloading music" but i completely understand why they do what they do. if they didnt have all the money(applies more to movies) then they couldnt progress in the industry bringing us a higher quality(not always better) product. its not the big lables im concerned about, its the little lables who then cant support themselves so they sell to a larger label, then the great no name bands are plasterized and commercialized and forced to write the music the lable wants them to.

i'll keep supporting the bands i like thankyou


edit> oh and for the prices, hate to say it but its because of people downloading shit. if they had the money for every movie/song thats been downloaded we'd still be paying $10 or $15 for a brand new movie.

Well...I'll agree with you as far as supporting the bands you like. I always have and will. Even if I've downloaded an entire album, if it's quality I'll go out and buy it out of principle. The funny thing is, it's not these small labels and bands that are making such a fuss. It's all of these assholes with more money than god who typically just want more (Dr. Dre, Metallica, etc.).

However, I do think JDM's onto something. I've worked in retail for...well...a long ass time. Prices have been increasing steadily since before file sharing really came into it's own. Sure, studios will probably tell you that they could offer stuff cheaper if people weren't downloading movies, but that's crap. Why would they reverse the trend that started with the advent of DVDs? Ironically, most of the bigger money making movies will cost the most to buy as a DVD, even though they recovered all of the costs of making the film at the box office (and then some). The bottom line: if you're willing to pay $20, do you really think they'd knock it down to $15? No.