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Music Boycott
May. 19th, 2007 04:58 pm(Or: The Customer has the final word. :P)
I thought I mentioned this recently, but looking over my recent entries I fail to see a reference to it... It's possible I only mentioned it on irc I guess.
Anyhow, with my disgust over how music industry handles things (or underhandles things) and how they seem to rip off the bands we love, I've started doing a mild boycott on what CDs I purchase aimed at the worst of the lot, the big 4. It's my money, I'm free to decide what I want to buy, but I'm also free to decide what I don't want to buy.
Essentially it takes the form of this:
1. If malicious code is known to exist on the CD (malicious from my point of view) then the CD will not be bought and I'll do without.
2. If the CD is a two-sided hybrid CD/DVD, then the monstrosity will not be bought and I'll do without. (I bought one of those (Simple Plan) and have regretted the purchase ever after - in fact I'm about to toss it in the garbage now since normal use has ended up damaging it horribly)
3. If the music company is one of the Big 4, it goes unbought unless it's one of the few bands I listen to religiously. Keep in mind there are considerations that can make even me put back a CD of a band I always listen to, as described below. These 4 seem to virtually control the radio airways :P and I'm sick and tired of buying a random CD because I heard a cool song on the radio, and brought it home to find it's the ONLY song on the CD I enjoy. That's one reason for boycotting these guys, but also I've just gotten sick of the fucked up lawsuits that the R.I.A.A. wage "on their behalf".
( Yes sir. A lj-cut is probably a good idea right about now. )
I thought I mentioned this recently, but looking over my recent entries I fail to see a reference to it... It's possible I only mentioned it on irc I guess.
Anyhow, with my disgust over how music industry handles things (or underhandles things) and how they seem to rip off the bands we love, I've started doing a mild boycott on what CDs I purchase aimed at the worst of the lot, the big 4. It's my money, I'm free to decide what I want to buy, but I'm also free to decide what I don't want to buy.
Essentially it takes the form of this:
1. If malicious code is known to exist on the CD (malicious from my point of view) then the CD will not be bought and I'll do without.
2. If the CD is a two-sided hybrid CD/DVD, then the monstrosity will not be bought and I'll do without. (I bought one of those (Simple Plan) and have regretted the purchase ever after - in fact I'm about to toss it in the garbage now since normal use has ended up damaging it horribly)
3. If the music company is one of the Big 4, it goes unbought unless it's one of the few bands I listen to religiously. Keep in mind there are considerations that can make even me put back a CD of a band I always listen to, as described below. These 4 seem to virtually control the radio airways :P and I'm sick and tired of buying a random CD because I heard a cool song on the radio, and brought it home to find it's the ONLY song on the CD I enjoy. That's one reason for boycotting these guys, but also I've just gotten sick of the fucked up lawsuits that the R.I.A.A. wage "on their behalf".
( Yes sir. A lj-cut is probably a good idea right about now. )
