You get no credit for not doing what you shouldn’t do? How about recognizing that we’re in 2008 and your place between content creators and content consumers is no longer welcome, thank you very much.

Here’s your new formula: Make irresistible product and sell it at no-brainer prices, bumping your bottom line with advertising (preferably product placement that doesn’t distract from the content itself). Then let consumers consume it how they like, where they like, on what device they like. B’okay?

Canadian labels: We get “absolutely zero credit” for not suing fansGraham Henderson, the boss of CRIA, comes across as a man not out to screw the world (as CRIA is sometimes portrayed), but as a man about ready to tear out his own hair in frustration over the fact that the music industry is so consistently demonized by consumers even as those consumers take its core product without paying. A skilled talker, Henderson is the most interesting person at the table, and it’s actually quite humanizing to listen as his polished façade cracks a bit. He points out that Canadian labels have not chosen to sue their fans, but then goes plaintive for a moment, saying, “We get absolutely zero credit for that.”

January 23, 2008 - DRM, Movies, Music, TV -