Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT
Boycotts have worked in the past. When I was a little boy (a million years ago) living in NYC they started a boycott against s company called Judy Bond Clothes. They had shopping bags that said "Don't buy Judy Bond Clothes". There's no Judy Bond clothes anymore is there?? heehee.. the shopping bag thing wouldn't work now... people would just think it was a publicity exercise, and then there would be a phase where all the labels clothes had "..don't buy these clothes.." phrase written on them, and then after a short while everyone would move onto the next fashion phase, and the company would go out of businesss.. er.. okay, so it would work.. seanB - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT
okay... having read more messages in the topic, and now been to these sites, I'm more inclined to say that these companies can src3w themselves. sorry if any of my earlier comments annoyed anyone... g seanB PrinceGaz wrote I knew I would get some dubious info from thr RIAA site, but what I found at one point forced me to leave the computer in disgust. Most artists get bugger all of the cost of a disc, and for them to suggest otherwise is rubbish. They must think we have sh!t for brains. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] end Sean Buckingham Media Services Brunel University, UK * (Ext)2209 * (Direct) 0208 891 8264 * (e-1)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * (e-2)[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT
I think that there should be a national boycott on buying prerecorded CDs and tapes. If the record industry's sales dropped by 25% or more, I think that they would be forced to have a change of heart!! Or should I say brain. I think that shutting down Napster is going to backfire on the music industry. Maybe when Metallash!t has to keep canceling concerts because they can't sell enough tickets, they'll have a change of heart too!! They are got to be lower then pond scum. Even lower then lawyers!!! (if you can get that low!!). They are suing their fans This has got to be a first. I think that they should be glad they can give their music away, let alone actually get paid for that crap (IMHO). Boycotts have worked in the past. When I was a little boy (a million years ago) living in NYC they started a boycott against s company called Judy Bond Clothes. They had shopping bags that said "Don't buy Judy Bond Clothes". There's no Judy Bond clothes anymore is there?? Regards, Larry Graham Baker wrote: When are the fat-cat suits in the music industry going to realise that it's too late - the cat's out of the bag. Sooner or later they will have to stop fighting 'it' and start to use 'it' as a marketing tool... On "Why the music industry has nothing to celebrate" ... http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/07/27/napster_shutdown/index.html GB - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT
From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that there should be a national boycott on buying prerecorded CDs and tapes. If the record industry's sales dropped by 25% or more, I think that they would be forced to have a change of heart!! Or should I say brain. I think that shutting down Napster is going to backfire on the music industry. Maybe when Metallash!t has to keep canceling concerts because they can't sell enough tickets, they'll have a change of heart too!! They are got to be lower then pond scum. Even lower then lawyers!!! (if you can get that low!!). They are suing their fans This has got to be a first. I think that they should be glad they can give their music away, let alone actually get paid for that crap (IMHO). Boycotts have worked in the past. When I was a little boy (a million years ago) living in NYC they started a boycott against s company called Judy Bond Clothes. They had shopping bags that said "Don't buy Judy Bond Clothes". There's no Judy Bond clothes anymore is there?? Regards, Larry Right on, lets all stop buying CDs and more importantly, tell all our friends to stop buying them and why. If you really need some music use a Napster alternative (I bet in a matter of weeks the net will be flooded with napster type servers-- the music industry is playing a losing game thinking shutting down Napster will save them and if they haven't seen that they need their vision examined. Cmon, its happened with [my fave download type] classic arcade roms-- the giants shut down arguably *the* site for everything, now there is more than ever on numerous sites which sprang up in response to serve the demand-- all with everything the original main site had. By blowing one apart, the moguls created a dozen sites all doing the same. They may be a little harder to find but the extra bandwidth is helpful and when you find one, you've found them all cos they link to each other in true web culture. When will media giants learn they can't control the internet? They have to live with it and accept things are a little different here. I spend money on the net (like my 30gig drive I installed tuesday) but bullying by large corporations seriously p!sses me off and they're not gonna get any income through that! PrinceGaz. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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http://www.boycott-riaa.com/ More info on how to help fuel the boycott on the RIAA. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ryan Hutson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boycott-riaa.com/ More info on how to help fuel the boycott on the RIAA. I knew I would get some dubious info from thr RIAA site, but what I found at one point forced me to leave the computer in disgust. Most artists get bugger all of the cost of a disc, and for them to suggest otherwise is rubbish. They must think we have sh!t for brains. Sorry for getting angry but that RIAA website has seriously annoyed me. PrinceGaz - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
