Snivel and Moan, Piss and Whine

The RIAA have lost what few marbles were left in their brain-bag:

Recently, [PC Magazine] CEO Vivek Shah received a letter from music industry execs...which was subsequently posted on Billboard.com. The signees, which included the RIAA, American Society of Composers and the Gospel Music Association, expressed "deep disappointment" with the publication of this story: LimeWire is Dead: What Are the Alternatives? Our article includes this line: "PCMag does not condone the download of copyrighted or illegal material" which the execs contend "rings hollow." In reality, PCMag did not have to include that line. We did it as a courtesy and to make sure that readers do not assume the article constituted some sort of piracy approval. The music industry execs insist the article is encouraging people to steal music.

So the PCMag editors made the legal disclaimer, (there are many legitimate uses for P2P software, after all), but the RIAA says, in effect, "we don't believe your disclaimer is sincere." Hell, if sincerity had anything to do with the practice of law, every attorney on the planet would be out of a job.

Your stranglehold on the music industry is dead, RIAA. The music market is part of the "cloud model" now, (and doing just dandy, thank you) and it won't ever go back to "the good ol' days" of you picking and choosing who succeeds and how much money they can make. The PC gaming market is going that way as well.

So drop those buggy-whips, quit your sniveling, and start putting your energies and funds into finding new ways to move your product, instead of hiring expensive law firms to prop up your obsolete business model. Everyone has to adapt to market changes; it's a large part of what I do on a daily basis, in fact. Now it's your turn to join the real world and work for your money like the rest of us.