Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 02, 2003 07:21 PM
I doubt seriously they would be able to blame it on piracy if consumers started boycotting anyone who associated with RIAA, if it was well-publicized. A peaceful mob standing around outside Hastings with signs is probably not engaged in piracy.
In order for a boycott to be truly effective, it has to strike the pocketbooks of the target, but the target must know beyond all doubt that it is being boycotted. I'm not talking about just not buying music, but making it very obvious that music is not being bought or consumed in any manner.
How long do you think it would take ClearChannel to call RIAA if 1 million listeners called the various stations to tell them that they were no longer going to listen to any ClearChannel station that played music by a RIAA artist?
How long before BMI/ASCAP take some sort of action because malls/restaurants/other venues are complaining about consumers staying away because BMI/ASCAP collects royalties to line RIAAs pockets?
We're not talking just a boycott of RIAA, but a total boycott of anyone who uses or consumes anything that RIAA produces. Yes, there would be collateral economic damage, but nothing gets a real-world merchant to take action on behalf of his or her patrons than the potential loss of sales (obviously exluding RIAA).
Apparently, there's enough independent music out there to satisfy the needs of the people most likely to actually take this action. Why not put it to the test?
Burn RIAA and affiliates to the ground financially. From the ashes, we can build a new, more human recording industry.
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Re:Realistically speaking
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 02, 2003 07:21 PMIn order for a boycott to be truly effective, it has to strike the pocketbooks of the target, but the target must know beyond all doubt that it is being boycotted. I'm not talking about just not buying music, but making it very obvious that music is not being bought or consumed in any manner.
How long do you think it would take ClearChannel to call RIAA if 1 million listeners called the various stations to tell them that they were no longer going to listen to any ClearChannel station that played music by a RIAA artist?
How long before BMI/ASCAP take some sort of action because malls/restaurants/other venues are complaining about consumers staying away because BMI/ASCAP collects royalties to line RIAAs pockets?
We're not talking just a boycott of RIAA, but a total boycott of anyone who uses or consumes anything that RIAA produces. Yes, there would be collateral economic damage, but nothing gets a real-world merchant to take action on behalf of his or her patrons than the potential loss of sales (obviously exluding RIAA).
Apparently, there's enough independent music out there to satisfy the needs of the people most likely to actually take this action. Why not put it to the test?
Burn RIAA and affiliates to the ground financially. From the ashes, we can build a new, more human recording industry.
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