Your scary Halloween story: The OiNK dude was arrested last week and his brilliant baby of a site was shut down, a victory for the Captains of Copyright and their lobbyists, a loss for fans of music all around the world. A good thing to come of the disaster, however, is a long-mulled heartfelt essay by Demonbaby Rob, a one-time sort of music industry insider turned rabid filesharer and articulate defender of the post-RIAA future. One of my favorite parts:
“There seem to be a lot of reasons why the record companies blew it. One is that its people really aren’t very smart. They know how to do one thing, which is sell records in a traditional retail environment. From personal experience, I can tell you that the big labels are beyond clueless in the digital world—their ideas are out-dated, their methods make no sense, and every decision is hampered by miles and miles of legal tape, copyright restrictions, and corporate interests. Trying to innovate with a major label is like trying to teach your Grandmother how to play Halo 3: frustrating and ultimately futile.”
R.I.P. Oink. Long live BitTorrent!
Tags: bittorrent, oink, riaa
Indeed the record industry blew it! And althought they think they are accomplishing something by shutting down torrent sites, they can’t stop sites like OINK. Days after OINK went down 10 more sites went up to replace it. But stealing is probably not the answer. Artists should give away more music, use it for promo material and seek compensation in other forms. I think http://www.musicneutral.com shows potential, if we all got a community together then we could decide for ourselves. Any other ideas?
I think that RIAA’s over restcictions and over over guarding of the music, people particularly music lovers are going the wrong way. To RIAA: for once, think about the people’s need and feeling and forget the $%^&! business!!!