RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

Re:RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on Gi... by hyperman1 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @08:05AM (#24988617)

It seems one of the RIAA's jobs is doing unpopular things and taking the blame. The recording studios can keep them at arms length and stay reasonably spotless while they are the real responsibles for these actions.

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Re:RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on Gi... by simias on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @08:33AM (#24988831)

I don't think the studios care either, it's the artists that are at the forefront. As long as their image is not spoiled the rest doesn't really matter, I doubt many people buy (or don't buy) an album because it's published by Sony Music or Universal.

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Re:RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on Gi... by dotancohen on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:05AM (#24989132)

I know laymen that otherwise wouldn't care, but would not buy Sony Music. Sony ruined some hardware back in the day. I don't think that anyone I know personally had hardware ruined, but they heard of it and learned to stay clear of Sony Music.

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Re:RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on Gi... by simonblack on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @07:46PM (#24994627)

Yep. Sony has been on my 'do not buy anything Sony" for almost 20 years now.

I used to buy lots of music and video. I deliberately stopped buying anything in that line way back in the early 2000s. Roughly at the same time as my Sony boycott.

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Re:RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on Gi... by smichel17 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @08:53AM (#24989027)

The ticketmaster value proposition

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Re:RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on Gi... by goatinaboat on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:04AM (#24989115)

Blame-as-a-Service. The business model of many management consultants.

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