Comments on: Sic’em, Greg! http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2005/73 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 02:31:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: ubu http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2005/73#comment-71 ubu Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:46:33 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=73#comment-71 No, the industry is finding and exploiting young artists that don't know better.... No, the industry is finding and exploiting young artists that don’t know better….

]]> By: Jack http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2005/73#comment-69 Jack Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:17:00 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=73#comment-69 Sony made several serious mistakes, among them assuming their legitimate customers were criminals (only those who bought or were loaned the CDs were required to install the software), along with distributing software that violated the very copyrights they claim they are attempting to protect. It remains to be seen if the fallout from this series of bad decisions will have any effect on the future of the music industry (sad, that, calling the creation of music an "industry"). Sony made several serious mistakes, among them assuming their legitimate customers were criminals (only those who bought or were loaned the CDs were required to install the software), along with distributing software that violated the very copyrights they claim they are attempting to protect.

It remains to be seen if the fallout from this series of bad decisions will have any effect on the future of the music industry (sad, that, calling the creation of music an “industry”).

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