http://www.nosoapbox.com/2007/11/13/my-website-has-a-first-name-its-i-r-o-n-y/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:31:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.nosoapbox.com/2007/11/13/my-website-has-a-first-name-its-i-r-o-n-y/#comment-1059 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:16:51 +0000 http://www.nosoapbox.com/2007/11/13/my-website-has-a-first-name-its-i-r-o-n-y/#comment-1059 [...] Debate continues to rage over how much piracy hurts media sales.  While the industry would like to promote a one-to-one loss of sales, the real number is perhaps far less.  Often, people take it as a system of “trying it out.”  Granted, DVD and CD sales are continuing to decline, but the entertainment industry overall has never been as strong as it is now.  As well, many are critical of the various industries themselves which often seem to take money from the artists and continue to pump themselves up.  With the WGA strike currently in full swing, and the countless RIAA debacles, controversy has never been higher.  Even EMI, one of the “big four” music labels, is reducing its funding to the RIAA.  EMI is generally regarded as the most forward-thinking of the major labels, and this is a sign of a distancing of themselves from the generally unpopular association. [...] […] Debate continues to rage over how much piracy hurts media sales.  While the industry would like to promote a one-to-one loss of sales, the real number is perhaps far less.  Often, people take it as a system of “trying it out.”  Granted, DVD and CD sales are continuing to decline, but the entertainment industry overall has never been as strong as it is now.  As well, many are critical of the various industries themselves which often seem to take money from the artists and continue to pump themselves up.  With the WGA strike currently in full swing, and the countless RIAA debacles, controversy has never been higher.  Even EMI, one of the “big four” music labels, is reducing its funding to the RIAA.  EMI is generally regarded as the most forward-thinking of the major labels, and this is a sign of a distancing of themselves from the generally unpopular association. […]

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