Record Store Owners Blame RIAA For Destroying Music Industry

techdirt writes "It's not like it hasn't been said many times before, but it's nice to see the NY Times running an opinion piece about the RIAA from a pair of record store owners which basically points out how at every opportunity, the RIAA has made the wrong move and made things worse: 'The major labels wanted to kill the single. Instead they killed the album. The association wanted to kill Napster. Instead it killed the compact disc. And today it's not just record stores that are in trouble, but the labels themselves, now belatedly embracing the Internet revolution without having quite figured out how to make it pay.' It's not every day that you see a NY Times piece use the word 'boneheadedness' to describe the strategy of an organization."

Like the old saying goes:

[Anonymous Coward]

It's all over but the lawsuits.

In other news

[Sneakernets]

The fat lady is practising her lines.

Hello, RIAA?

[ackthpt]

Hi, I'm looking for a song. I think it's called Ozymandias.

Shouldn't we blame the consumers?

[RichPowers]

After all, they're the ones who choose not to purchase music from record stores...

Are you sure?

[pb]

It's not every day that you see a NY Times piece use the word 'boneheadedness' to describe the strategy of an organization

So you're saying that they don't write nearly enough about the Bush administration? Or Congress? Or the justice dept? (or government in general...)

Re:It's not entirely the RIAA's fault

[Khaed]

sex, respect, and power, which are all scarce as well.

Sex isn't scarce.

Sex with attractive people is.

Re:As much as I dislike the RIAA

[penguinwhoflew]

Just like the Horse and Buggy, the RIAA and the music stores were pretty much doomed the second that the internet was created, it just took some time for it to happen.

Sorry to break it to you, but the horse and buggy was pretty much doomed by the time the internet came around...

Re:As a record store owner

[dhanes]

I think the real question everyone wants to know is, who would pirate christian rock CDs?

Re:a little anecdote...

[dj42]

The only thing I'll buy from these dyed-blond pop-starlets for $22 is either porn or (age depending) illegal. So I agree with you there.

Re:As a record store owner

[mikael]

I think the real question everyone wants to know is, who would pirate christian rock CDs?

Satanists. So they could can play the music backwards.

Re:de-industrialisation of music is a Good Thing

[Incadenza]

Ivan Illich, is that you?

Re:As a record store owner

[trewornan]

You must be new here.

This particular comment is posted with monotonous frequency.

Re:As a record store owner

[rubycodez]

ah, I remember that stuff about "backwards masking" when I was young in church. The pastors claimed you could hear satanic messages and occult beliefs when playing hard rock backwards. The hoot was, just play for example an Iron Maiden song *forwards*

Re:As a record store owner

[Belial6]

What pissed me off was the Iron Maiden song "Still Life" from "Piece of Mind". After years of trying to figure out what the backwards message said, I finally had a computer where I could record it and play it backwards. When played backwards, it was still just jibberish. Arrrggg....

Re:As a record store owner

[superiority]

They don't play Christian rock backwards to hear hidden messages. They play Christian rock backwards to make it sound better.

Re:As a record store owner

[eldepeche]

On a song from Information Society's album Don't Be Afraid (I think it was Seek300), there is backwards talking near the end of the song. I recorded it onto my computer and reversed it, and it said, "Obey your parents. Do your homework. Winners don't do drugs."

Re:a little anecdote...

[Lane.exe]

My house is a pants-free zone. We don't believe in denim-based oppression.