The RIAA is screwing you? Stop bending over.
Damian Kulash Jr., the lead singer and guitarist of the band OK Go, whines in the New York Times,"Now we’ve released a new album and a couple of new videos. But the fans and bloggers who helped spread “Here It Goes Again” across the Internet can no longer do what they did before, because our record company has blocked them from embedding our video on their sites. Believe it or not, in the four years since our treadmill dance got such attention, YouTube and EMI have actually made it harder to share our videos."Really? This is a shock to you? Oh wait, it is.
"To go from playing at a local club once a month to actually supporting yourself with music requires big investments in touring, recording and promotion — investments young musicians can’t afford. My band didn’t sign a contract with EMI because we believed labels magically created stars. We signed because no banker in his right mind would give a band the startup capital it needs."I haven't bought an RIAA album in years. I don't "pirate" either. There is plenty of good music made by bands who aren't so catastrophically naive and stupid as to sell their soul to an RIAA company.
That OK Go got screwed is a) expected and b) their own fault. When they signed with EMI in 2000, it was well publicized how badly the RIAA raped its musicians. That now, 10 years later, they're still trying to defend the recording industry means they haven't learned a thing.
Screw 'em.
(from Electronic Freedom Foundation Twitter)
Labels: damian kulash jr, eff, emi, new york times, ok go, youtube
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