Whine, Moan and Complain

Yet more pouting from the music industry:

Said to be the world's third-largest music company, Warner Music Group has expressed frustration in its view that that music-centered games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero don't pay enough for licensed songs.

"The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small," [said] Warner Music chief executive Edgar Bronfman...

So Warner inked a licensing agreement with the makers of Rock Band and Guitar Hero for use of controlled music, then they complain because they're not making enough money from the deal? In the sales world, that's called "leaving money on the table," Edgar. And it means you screwed the pooch during negotiation. Too bad; you're in a contract now. Deal with it, because the rest of us don't want to listen to your nauseating whining and tantrums.

And to make it even more disgusting...

Warner label Roadrunner noting a sales bump in DragonForce albums after the band was exposed to a wider audience in Guitar Hero III.

They're complaining about a contract that directly resulted in a second-order increase in internal sales. Naked greed is bad enough, but when it's mixed with stupidity and a complete lack of business acumen... well, it's called the music publishing industry.