A Media Story this Morning: As most of you are probably aware, since early last year, the recording industry has sued over 3,700 college students including seven right here in Maine. Here is something that may have an effect on the outcome of those suits:On Thursday Edgar Bronfman, CEO of Warner Music Group, did an abrupt about face in his stance against digital distribution and admitted that suing customers probably wasn’t such a hot idea. In an interview with MediaPost.com’s Wendy Davis he said:
"We used to fool ourselves. We used to think our content was perfect just exactly as it was. We expected our business would remain blissfully unaffected even as the world of interactivity, constant connection and file sharing was exploding. And of course we were wrong. How were we wrong? By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find and as a result of course, consumers won."
OK dude so declare a cease fire, have the industry reps stop suing people, and drop all of their current lawsuits.
"We used to fool ourselves. We used to think our content was perfect just exactly as it was. We expected our business would remain blissfully unaffected even as the world of interactivity, constant connection and file sharing was exploding. And of course we were wrong. How were we wrong? By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find and as a result of course, consumers won."
OK dude so declare a cease fire, have the industry reps stop suing people, and drop all of their current lawsuits.
Photo Credit: Jordan Jessup, The New Hampshire
1 comment:
Yeah, I think this guy summed up what is going on big time and he needs to set an example...I think that its crap that because they are behind the times and they cant keep up they feel the need to literally wage war with the people who are actual the profits listed on their income statements... Whats up with that?
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