Comments on: EMI VP opposes SOPA, thinks better products at better prices will solve piracy http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 07:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1331592 Baldhead Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1331592 This particular VP believes a person should be compensated for their work. Most of his industry believes industry executives should be compensated for other peoples' work. That's the problem. This particular VP believes a person should be compensated for their work. Most of his industry believes industry executives should be compensated for other peoples’ work. That’s the problem.

]]> By: Donagh Horgan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1331533 Donagh Horgan Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1331533 Someone should tell EMI Ireland. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0126/1224310756875.html Someone should tell EMI Ireland.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0126/1224310756875.html

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1331330 niktemadur Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1331330 What's that old Slashdot tag? suddenoutbreakofcommonsense What’s that old Slashdot tag?
suddenoutbreakofcommonsense

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330800 Florian Bösch Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330800 Look, you can't have it both ways, paying for a stupid and dangerous law, and saying you don't support it. If EMI doesn't support SOPA, it could kill it singlehandedly by putting their opposition on the congressional record and withdraw any funds for the RIAA/MPAA and their armies of lobbyists. Has EMI done that? No. Will they do it? No. Are they just waxing on the harp of public opinion not to look like total douchebags. Yes. Is that plan working? No. Remember PR bullshit is for free. Actually doing something right isn't. Look, you can’t have it both ways, paying for a stupid and dangerous law, and saying you don’t support it. If EMI doesn’t support SOPA, it could kill it singlehandedly by putting their opposition on the congressional record and withdraw any funds for the RIAA/MPAA and their armies of lobbyists.

Has EMI done that? No. Will they do it? No. Are they just waxing on the harp of public opinion not to look like total douchebags. Yes. Is that plan working? No.

Remember PR bullshit is for free. Actually doing something right isn’t.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330737 Guest Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330737 [EDIT -- I deleted my comment because @ComradeQuestions above me said the same thing, only much better.] [EDIT -- I deleted my comment because @ComradeQuestions above me said the same thing, only much better.]

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330728 Listener43 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330728 Wait - is this the Onion? Wait – is this the Onion?

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330646 Andrew Singleton Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330646 I know! Next you'll see headlines of companies treating customers fairly and with respect rather than like criminals. I know! Next you’ll see headlines of companies treating customers fairly and with respect rather than like criminals.

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330636 DewiMorgan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330636 This. EMI should do damn well with that approach. This. EMI should do damn well with that approach.

]]> By: TheAnonymouse http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330604 TheAnonymouse Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330604 Holy shit. Quality product, at a fair price, in a format I can use. What a shocking idea! Holy shit. Quality product, at a fair price, in a format I can use. What a shocking idea!

]]> By: Tim in SF http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330557 Tim in SF Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330557 And when the masses realize how much she sucks and her sales start going into the toilet, they will blame file sharing.  And when the masses realize how much she sucks and her sales start going into the toilet, they will blame file sharing. 

]]> By: shannigans http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330545 shannigans Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330545 Funny because a VP for EMI was just complaining on NPR the other morning about the cost of producing the likes of Katy Perry.  I can't think of a worse product for more money than that.    http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/20/145466007/katy-perrys-perfect-game Funny because a VP for EMI was just complaining on NPR the other morning about the cost of producing the likes of Katy Perry.  I can’t think of a worse product for more money than that.   

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/20/145466007/katy-perrys-perfect-game

]]> By: soyonsici http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330538 soyonsici Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330538 Source, if anyone is interested:  http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/otbdt/iama_vice_president_of_urban_promotions_for_emi/c3k1m2v  Source, if anyone is interested: 

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/otbdt/iama_vice_president_of_urban_promotions_for_emi/c3k1m2v 

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330537 mccrum Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330537 Can't talk. Must reward EMI for clear thinking and buy as much as possible... Can’t talk. Must reward EMI for clear thinking and buy as much as possible…

]]> By: Tim in SF http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330533 Tim in SF Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330533 <blockquote>"While the EMI VP opposes PIPA and SOPA, he does admit that piracy is a problem<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow">[citation needed]</a>. However, Davis thinks that the problem can be better solved from within the music industry itself. In other words, the key to solving piracy isn’t legislation, but innovation."</blockquote>Fixed.

“While the EMI VP opposes PIPA and SOPA, he does admit that piracy is a problem[citation needed]. However, Davis thinks that the problem can be better solved from within the music industry itself. In other words, the key to solving piracy isn’t legislation, but innovation.”

Fixed.

]]> By: odds http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330501 odds Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330501 Wow! Better prices, better selection.  Sounds like this guy took marketing lessons from Wal-Mart. You'd think that, after the success of Wal-Mart in the bricks and mortar world, and the success of iTunes and Amazon in the digital world, the content distributors dreaming of endless wealth would realize the simple mantra: make it affordable in a format people want, and you'll be richer than you could possibly imagine. Wow! Better prices, better selection.  Sounds like this guy took marketing lessons from Wal-Mart.

You’d think that, after the success of Wal-Mart in the bricks and mortar world, and the success of iTunes and Amazon in the digital world, the content distributors dreaming of endless wealth would realize the simple mantra: make it affordable in a format people want, and you’ll be richer than you could possibly imagine.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330487 That_Anonymous_Coward Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330487 As EMI is being devoured by their kin for just over 4 billion dollars they are soon to cease to exist anyways. Ponder that, an industry being murdered by piracy and they had 4 billion to spend on more stuff that will just be stolen and robbing them of their fortune. Their stockholders should be livid, they are being shredded to the bone and wasting all of this money. Or maybe they are lying and just fear not making as much for each vinyl disc as they did in the 1950s. (In the digital age their contract still subtract a rate for the label to make up for the average amount of stock loss due to breakage during shipping...of vinyl discs) As EMI is being devoured by their kin for just over 4 billion dollars they are soon to cease to exist anyways.
Ponder that, an industry being murdered by piracy and they had 4 billion to spend on more stuff that will just be stolen and robbing them of their fortune.
Their stockholders should be livid, they are being shredded to the bone and wasting all of this money.

Or maybe they are lying and just fear not making as much for each vinyl disc as they did in the 1950s. (In the digital age their contract still subtract a rate for the label to make up for the average amount of stock loss due to breakage during shipping…of vinyl discs)

]]> By: ComradeQuestions http://boingboing.net/2012/01/27/emi-vp-opposes-sopa-thinks-be.html#comment-1330448 ComradeQuestions Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140676#comment-1330448 "Soon-to-be-former-EMI VP opposes SOPA, thinks better products at better prices will solve piracy" There, fixed that headline for you. “Soon-to-be-former-EMI VP opposes SOPA, thinks better products at better prices will solve piracy”

There, fixed that headline for you.

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