Article 1: Pandora Caps Free Streaming at 40 Per Month (link)
I am by no means mad at Pandora. Pandora is fantastic! You type in a band or song you like, you listen to it, then it plays other songs you might like. You then tell Pandora whether you like the song or not. Pandora then selects other songs based on which songs you like or dislike. It's a great way to find new music, then go out and buy CDs, thus generating money for the music industry. But since so much music is crap these days, the industry can't be giving away anything free! No! You have to buy CDs based on the amount of money they spend on marketing, not whether or not you like it! Stiff Internet radio royalties were imposed on Pandora (since they're an Internet radio station and all) because the industry doesn't like creating loyal fans I guess. So instead of shutting its doors, Pandora is instead capping its usage so they can actually afford the fees.
Article 2: ASCAP Wants Royalties On Ringtones (link)
I thought this was an Onion article, but unfortunately it's not. ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. They basically make sure artists get paid royalties if their songs are played anywhere. Makes sense right? Only now all of a sudden, their definition of a public performance has become "3 seconds out of a shitty speaker" and my guess is that it's a song you fucking hate since that's pretty much all musical ringtones. Ugh. AT&T would be paying the royalties, not us. But still. It's fucking retarded.
Dear music industry,
Make some good music for once and maybe people will pay for it.
Signed,
Everyone.
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