Comments for Cheaper than therapy http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com Biting the bullet, eating the crow, writing about nothing Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on New EMI hire: “I neither buy nor hear much new music.” by Cory Ondrejka out at EMI « Cheaper than therapy http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/new-emi-hire-i-neither-buy-nor-hear-much-new-music/#comment-1134 Cory Ondrejka out at EMI « Cheaper than therapy Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:29:14 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-1134 [...] Now, I was no fan of Cory’s hire. It wasn’t anything personal, just the wrong background for the job. And when Douglas Merril left just a bit ago, I didn’t think Cory would last in the top spot. [...] [...] Now, I was no fan of Cory’s hire. It wasn’t anything personal, just the wrong background for the job. And when Douglas Merril left just a bit ago, I didn’t think Cory would last in the top spot. [...]

]]> Comment on Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. by Michael Mishaw http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss/#comment-1127 Michael Mishaw Wed, 20 May 2009 09:49:27 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=438#comment-1127 Thank you. I agree, Bob has missed the mark. He has no idea what artists and writers have gone thru and how they have historically gotten screwed. Why? Because Bob is an attorney. Michael Mishaw Thank you. I agree, Bob has missed the mark. He has no idea what artists and writers have gone thru and how they have historically gotten screwed. Why? Because Bob is an attorney.

Michael Mishaw

]]> Comment on The Biggest Joke: The ISP Music Tax by Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. « Cheaper than therapy http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/the-biggest-joke-the-isp-music-tax/#comment-1125 Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. « Cheaper than therapy Fri, 08 May 2009 12:32:24 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-1125 [...] You don’t put Tony Montana in charge of the drug evidence locker. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss, But Let’s Not Get Fooled Again.A Regurgitation of Bush RhetoricMeet the new boss in Overlord II [...] [...] You don’t put Tony Montana in charge of the drug evidence locker. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss, But Let’s Not Get Fooled Again.A Regurgitation of Bush RhetoricMeet the new boss in Overlord II [...]

]]> Comment on Choruss: The 21st Century Bond Villain by Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. « Cheaper than therapy http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/choruss-the-21st-century-bond-villain/#comment-1124 Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. « Cheaper than therapy Fri, 08 May 2009 12:32:16 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=359#comment-1124 [...] doubt Bob reads my little blog but I am one of those who does think Chorrus is an evil plot by the record companies. Now Bob is right. Music shouldn’t be free forever and a legal alternative to P2p would be a [...] [...] doubt Bob reads my little blog but I am one of those who does think Chorrus is an evil plot by the record companies. Now Bob is right. Music shouldn’t be free forever and a legal alternative to P2p would be a [...]

]]> Comment on New EMI hire: “I neither buy nor hear much new music.” by Douglas Merrill Out At EMI « Cheaper than therapy http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/new-emi-hire-i-neither-buy-nor-hear-much-new-music/#comment-1118 Douglas Merrill Out At EMI « Cheaper than therapy Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:02:40 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-1118 [...] who co-founded the disastrous, money-sucking, flailing, hyped up virtual place to have sex with a sheep, Linden Labs aka Second [...] [...] who co-founded the disastrous, money-sucking, flailing, hyped up virtual place to have sex with a sheep, Linden Labs aka Second [...]

]]> Comment on The Honorable Thief Demand Curve by The Honorable Thief Redux « Cheaper than therapy http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/the-honorable-thief-demand-curve/#comment-1116 The Honorable Thief Redux « Cheaper than therapy Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:08:48 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/the-honorable-thief-demand-curve/#comment-1116 [...] Honorable Thief Redux By benjamin lipman Two years ago, I wrote as part of an overly-long missive: “But IP doesn’t have the same characteristics of hard [...] [...] Honorable Thief Redux By benjamin lipman Two years ago, I wrote as part of an overly-long missive: “But IP doesn’t have the same characteristics of hard [...]

]]> Comment on Choruss: The 21st Century Bond Villain by Chris Gilbey http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/choruss-the-21st-century-bond-villain/#comment-1115 Chris Gilbey Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=359#comment-1115 It will be interesting to see where the publishers stand on this. The big issue is who gets what slice of the cake from this model. The labels have been very aggressive about keeping publishers and songwriters as the poor cousins in the digital download for sale model. But in a model where the premise is "not to sue" I would have thought that the songwriters and publishers would want to get 50% of the cake. That would mean engagement with MPAA rather than ASCAP, I would think. Songwriters need to get organized on this more than artists. It will be interesting to see where the publishers stand on this. The big issue is who gets what slice of the cake from this model. The labels have been very aggressive about keeping publishers and songwriters as the poor cousins in the digital download for sale model. But in a model where the premise is “not to sue” I would have thought that the songwriters and publishers would want to get 50% of the cake. That would mean engagement with MPAA rather than ASCAP, I would think. Songwriters need to get organized on this more than artists.

]]> Comment on U2 Tries To Optimize the Supply Curve For Music by Nick C http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/u2-tries-to-optimize-the-supple-curve-for-music/#comment-1112 Nick C Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:30:58 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-1112 B Good analysis. What do you see happening with film? It seems to be starting down the same slope with Netflix in the role of Itunes. N B
Good analysis. What do you see happening with film? It seems to be starting down the same slope with Netflix in the role of Itunes.
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]]> Comment on John Wesley Harding’s Ultimate Price Tier by John Wesley Harding http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/john-wesley-hardings-ultimate-price-tier/#comment-1111 John Wesley Harding Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:01:01 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-1111 I was just sent your very kind blog. Please email me yr address and I'd like to send you a copy of the CD. best wishes, JWH I was just sent your very kind blog. Please email me yr address and I’d like to send you a copy of the CD. best wishes, JWH

]]> Comment on Gene “Sue Them All” Simmons by theoldsystemfailed http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/145/#comment-1110 theoldsystemfailed Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:23:19 +0000 http://benjaminlipman.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/145/#comment-1110 You're missing what market professionals are saying whatigotsofar. You're right that music is a product, but what the marketplace is telling record labels is the old pricing system found in music stores was not fair to the consumer. There simply was no other option of obtaining music other than recording radio music onto a cassette tape (which was still copyright infringement, it just wasn't policed). People are willing to pay for products they want, but if the consumer isn't content with a pricing system, they look for another which they consider to be fair or else they avoid it all together. If record labels decrease music prices to where the market considers it fair, the problem fixes itself. And yes, there will always be a small number of people who try to take music for free, but it is much easier to target these people for harsher punishment once the masses have accepted a new pricing system. You’re missing what market professionals are saying whatigotsofar. You’re right that music is a product, but what the marketplace is telling record labels is the old pricing system found in music stores was not fair to the consumer. There simply was no other option of obtaining music other than recording radio music onto a cassette tape (which was still copyright infringement, it just wasn’t policed). People are willing to pay for products they want, but if the consumer isn’t content with a pricing system, they look for another which they consider to be fair or else they avoid it all together.

If record labels decrease music prices to where the market considers it fair, the problem fixes itself. And yes, there will always be a small number of people who try to take music for free, but it is much easier to target these people for harsher punishment once the masses have accepted a new pricing system.

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