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EMI & screwing me over

This is the "feedback" i gave to EMI after getting Ben Harpers latest CD (which is great by the way) and wanting to rip it into my itunes collection for listening on both my xbox & ipod and i find they have now added OS X copy protection.

I am sick & tired of the copy protection shit stopping me from ripping the CD's onto my ipod. I brought the cd's why can't i use them how I want. I am now currently getting around your copy protection (quite easy) on the cd's i just purchased (ben harper) just so i can get them in the format I want (itunes quality sucks). You clueless dumb-asses i'm glad the labels are dieing and bands like the Artic Monkeys have proven that labels are now pointless, greedy middlemen doing nothing but destroying music for everyone. Congratulations on killing your company & the label industry i will be celebrating the day soon i'm sure.

I support BANDS not greedy lawyer filled companies like yours, now hurry up & go out of business.

Have a nice day

After all that crap i ripped it using the XBOX Media Center CD ripper. Worked a treat now i have MY CD's in the format i want. Stick it to the man and support bands not greedy middle men.

This entry was posted on April 1st, 2006 at 04:39:00 pm and is filed under Ramblings.

5 comments

Comment from: Rogue [Member] Email · http://www.monsterlan.com
That's why I pay to go see my fav artists in concert whenever I can. Apparently the revenue they get there is far higher than the per sale percentage they receive from the distros.
02/04/06 @ 18:34
Comment from: CherryPopper [Member] Email · http://www.monsterlan.com
The artists actually get all of the revenue from the door sales of concerts (after costs & promoters cut). Most artists make more money from touring than they ever do on cd sales.

I too support the artists i like by going to gigs. The live shows shit all over their albums anyway.
02/04/06 @ 19:55
Comment from: Rogue [Member] Email · http://www.monsterlan.com
Here's a quandry though - if you buy a live-set CD while at the concert, on average would the revenue from that go to the artist or to the record label?
03/04/06 @ 07:28
Comment from: CherryPopper [Member] Email · http://www.monsterlan.com
From what i have read about the contracts etc the artists get (which are very much in the labels favour) the do get more of a cut when they sell the cd's but that more just the cut the retailer would get.

Merchendise is the "cream" for the band so buying the overpriced t-shirts goes to the band. That's why if you do want to help them out buy the real thing from inside the venue & not the cheap rip off's outside the venue.

But the only sure fire way to make sure they get the cash is to walk up & give them the $30 you owuld have spent on the cd, t-shirt or whatever... that way you know they are getting all of it.
03/04/06 @ 11:35
Comment from: TeamZephyr [Visitor]
I pirate all the music that i have, because most of teh bands that i am a fan of are mostly broken up or dead, meaning that there is no way in hell that they are getting any money from it. Whenever you buy a Nirvana album, Courtney "Slut" Love gets your money, i dont want that dumb bitch to have money

Another reason is that most of my favourites are punk bands that hate the greed most musicians have towards money.

And i hate the thought of those greedy bastard music labels getting money.
11/04/06 @ 16:12

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