Will The PRS Be The Death of This Board

[JimmyMcGrory]

I see the fuckers are stopping Youtube hosting music vids

[crownliquor]

You're fucked now mate, no YouTube:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7935833.stm

[JimmyMcGrory]

Were you expecting me to search for that

[crownliquor]

No, everything's a bagatelle with you Jimmy.

[JimmyMcGrory]

No, everything's a bagatelle with you Jimmy.

I know where my breads buttered

[supermo]

I never expected to see things from the music industry point of view, but it does seem Google / YouTube are the ones to blame here.

[JimmyMcGrory]

I blame Itunes users myself

[supermo]

You'll never let that go will you?

[Immo]

I never expected to see things from the music industry point of view, but it does seem Google / YouTube are the ones to blame here.

They haven't been entirely blameless but the record industry are only whining fit to bust because their right to royally rip us off, which has stood unchallenged for years, is being threatened.

From the big: When CD's were introduced in the early 80s, the standard full-price for a new release album suddenly went from £6.99/7.49 (vinyl) to £13.99/£14.99 (CD). This was due to "vastly increased manufacturing costs for CDs". The CD became a must-have object - it was fetishised by consumers and the money came rolling in. A few years later they were being given away free with newspapers and the line about increased costs was exposed for the black lie that it was.

To the small: There has long been an understanding between the record buying public and the companies that after a title has been on the shelves for a certain amount of time, it is withdrawn and re-issued at mid-price (4.49 vinyl/8.99 CD). EMI have however have never issued any of the Beatles' back catalogue on mid-price and have been charging top whack for all of their titles for the last forty-odd years. Forty... fukkin... years

As for the argument that somehow we, the ungrateful public are depriving poverty-stricken,
up-and-coming young artists of the necessary revenue to make a career in music...

I think the attached article by Steve Albini has a slightly more realistic take on the "symbiotic" relationship between artist and record company.

From cross-collateralisation to recouping, the company holds all the aces. Aimee Mann's story is an interesting one if ya got the time to check it out.

The record industry has grown bloated, complacent and greedy over the years. They sat back smugly while the way people were listening to music changed irrevocably then only started to moan like fukk latterly as the scent of arabica began to waft up their collective, coke-ravaged nostrils.

Anyways...

The real reason the companies are shitting themselves is that it's not all that necessary anymore to have a major company sign you up (cf Arctic monkeys and Domino Records). As Uncle Joe nearly said "There aint no use for em..."

Talent will out.

The desire of young people to make music will never be thwarted by something as mundane as a lack of funds.

Fukk em all

Here's Steve with the weather


http://www.negativland.com/albini.html

[crownliquor]

I never expected to see things from the music industry point of view, but it does seem Google / YouTube are the ones to blame here.

Heresy! Burn the

[crownliquor]

You tell the baldy cunt uncle immo, and check your PMs darling.

[crownliquor]

I blame Itunes users myself

[Immo]

You tell the baldy cunt uncle immo, and check your PMs darling.

I checked em already cupcake

Got the Reardon and the Christie.

Thanks for that

[supermo]

I agree with Immo's (cribbed) points re. the music industry.

However it also seems Google want to have their cake and eat it. They are having to justify the colossal price they paid for YouTube by squeezing costs elsewhere and selling advertising. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Immo]

Cribbed?!!!!

Cribbed??!!!!!

I've a mind to have my seconds call on your seconds

How fuckin duhhhhr you

All that stuff is based on my own observations whilst working in record shops and a smattering of background reading

Cheeky cunt

[supermo]

I think the attached article by Steve Albini has a slightly more realistic take on the "symbiotic" relationship between artist and record company.

OK not cribbed..."googled"....."researched"......"plagiarised"...

[Immo]

I won't have this!!!

Retract!!!

Retract I say!!!

That is a perfectly justifiable use of academic referencing to support empirical evidence.

Are you inferring that I'm a charlatan (and a bit thick????) ????

Is that the size of it???

You utter cad saaaah

If you want to throw hands I'll throw hands















Although I hafta say, being accused of lazy referencing and plagiaristic practices by an ex-plyer of his trade in journalism has a certain toothsome irony about it.

[crownliquor]

They are having to justify the colossal price they paid for YouTube by squeezing costs elsewhere and selling advertising.

This is correct. Salient point young man.

[supermo]

Methinks Mister Immo protesteth too much.

In academia, steal something and it's plagiarism. Steal two things and it's "research". Pah!

[Immo]

All my own stuff - really

Don't care what you think

Have you voted on that comp thread yet you bastard???

[JimmyMcGrory]

All my own stuff - really

Don't care what you think

Have you voted on that comp thread yet you bastard???

I seen this post on another board last week

[Immo]

Link?

[crownliquor]

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