Comments on: Pandora’s Woes: RIAA Would Rather Artists Make Nothing

By: aaron s

aaron s — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:05:52 +0000

decent article…even if biased.

regular radio DOES pay royalties.. a yearly fee to performing rights organizations (ascap, bmi, sesac). they don’t get off scott-free.

as a professional songwriter (my lights stay on because of royalties) i agree with pandora having to pay to keep going.

contrary to popular belief, music isn’t free and if you take away the money making aspect you’ll be stuck with even crappier music than is out there now.

i dont want pandora to go out of business… but I wont cry for them if it means artists don’t get paid.

gener1c@hotmail.com

By: RON

RON — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:07:24 +0000

No more RIAA or IRA for me.

Sung with an Irish accent -

Does Your Mother Come From Ireland, Does Your Granny Ride A Bike?

By: SteelValor

SteelValor — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:54:10 +0000

I said it before and I will say it again. I’m done buying RIAA music and will pay double for my music via import bands not on RIAA labels.

By: Mr. Crash

Mr. Crash — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:43:22 +0000

I wait for the day when the music industry finally dies.

And music again becomes something other than the exploited, abused artform it is today.

It should never be about cash.

That being said – Where the fuck is my RIAA print toilet paper?… I seem to have run out.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:07:51 +0000

@ detest if moved over seas it would be alot worse as brittans trying to get copyrights to last over half a centurey BTW the ameriody to blame but themselves.music industry created the RIAA. the musci industry has novody to blame but themselves for for failing to change and adapt their busnes model for the last 38 years.

the record lables shouldn’t even exist anymore. because their reason for being is avalable at the consumer level for the most part.

By: Xavier W.

Xavier W. — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:16:15 +0000

So sad that something that I’ve been using for at least 18 months might be dying because the RIAA wants to be a huge asshole.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:46:45 +0000

fuck the RIAA. What bunch of fucking assholes

By: RON

RON — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:17:31 +0000

Does no-one know how to spell any more?

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:41:19 +0000

same thing with the mpaa an left wingers in hollywood

the riaa an the record companies ruined it for everybody. causse the record lables don’t wan’t to adapt and chang their failed business model.

we know the bads themselves only make money form concert tours.

whe the riaa claims they are doing it for the artist they are doing it for the record lables aka th copyright holders.

Sony BMG is stil having labor disputes.
with the advent of the web and cd burners an media file formats

the media studios are nothing more than a trumped up marketing firm.

In order for the riaa to colaplase their scorce of funding the record lables Need to colapse

By: RON

RON — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:07:27 +0000

” RIAA is ruining the American music industry, so move it somewhere else.”

No, the worthless RIAA ruined music long ago.

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:01:58 +0000

couldn’t they move overseas? RIAA is ruining the American music industry, so move it somewhere else.

By: SteveGlansburg

SteveGlansburg — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:00:45 +0000

I hate the RIAA… they are f-ing stupid. Pandora gives you both amazon and itunes outlet links to let you purchase the songs if you like them enough. I have even done that for bands I found and in turn liked. It’s free advertising for bands. God, stuff like this drives me nuts….

By: Will Entrekin

Will Entrekin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:51:34 +0000

Pandora may or may not be the best thing to happen to the music industry in the last decade or so, but the RIAA is certainly the worst. Ever.

By: Kevad

Kevad — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:48:48 +0000

That’s it I am boycotting buying any more CD’s! Oh wait, have not bought one in 3 years already!

That’s it I am keeping up my boycotting of buying new CDs!!!!

By: DF

DF — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:39:45 +0000

I’ve heard of it before, but only started using it regularly on my ipod touch. How does pandora make money off iphone/touch users? Best free service.

By: Zach Epstein

Zach Epstein — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:59:04 +0000

Yep – spike was directly due to iPhone app. Visits were already increasing steadily each month prior to the iPhone app though. Pandora would have/should have had a bright future…

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:42:31 +0000

I’m going to guess that the sharp increase in users is directly related to the release of the iphone! I never used pandora until I bought my iphone, now it is in constant heavy usage…at home, the gym, and in the car…I even canceled my XM radio subscription…

By: ThatGuy

ThatGuy — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:38:10 +0000

This sucks. Pandora is awesome. There has also been a increase in traffic due to the iphone. Anyone notice that Pandora was in the top 5 free applications since the iphone 3g was released? I see a music strike coming!