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So. The music industry seems to think that piracy is to blame for a worldwide slump in sales. That's utter bilge. I have bought fewer CDs this year than any other year I can remember and don't have any pirated stuff at all. The problem is quality. Nearly everything put out is derivative, boring rubbish that only a tone deaf coke-snorting record exec could like. Apparently demand is high. Yes, demand for quality stuff probably is high. But when most of what's put out is (at best) mediocre, sales are bound to suffer.
The petulant, whiney attitude of the losers who run the "music industry" never ceases to disgust me. Their "product" stinks, their traditional market has lost interest, and their sales drop as they continue the descent into irrelevance. They've delivered bland, homogenous drivel for years; and now they're reaping the consequences. It's only going to get a whole lot worse. But it's the internet that's the problem, of course. And gullible politicians and news sources swallow this lie hook line and sinker.
Better draft some new laws protecting these dinosaurs from the thieves who steal their effluent. Corporate profits must take precedence over civil rights. Throw in a governmental desire for the micromanagement of its citizens lives and behold the double win!
The end of the world is closer than you think.
Course, the juxtaposition of this post with the previous one is ironic, to say the least. 8)
However, in my defence, I read an article the other day that well-sourced music exec said of Norah Jones, "If I'd have bought Norah Jones to the record label I'd have been fired. Now, the record company wants me to find the next Norah Jones".
I like that quote, as it indicates all that is wrong with the current incarnation of the music industry.