Saturday, April 7, 2007

RIAA to Blame for Music Stores Closing?

Wouldn't it be great if the RIAA started getting sued by record store owners?

-Sigh-

Great op-ed at the NYTimes recounting the story of a local record store's owners having to close their store.

"It’s tempting for us to gloat. By worrying more about quarterly profits than the bigger picture, by protecting their short-term interests without thinking about how to survive and prosper in the long run, record-industry bigwigs have got what was coming to them. It’s a disaster they brought upon themselves."

Emotional and bittersweet, it's so weird to think that having a local shop down the street will be something my kids will probably never know. I was never a fan of Tower, but thinking Amoeba could go away some day kinda hurts...

Read the rest here.
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