RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub

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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