Now that Prince has decided to give away a free CD we know what really drives the music industry to terrorize the public.
For years, the Recording Industry has trumpeted that they are protecting the rights of the artists and helping them get the money they rightfully earned through hard work, professionalism and dedication to their craft. The Recording Industry has been so successful in promoting this message that they even have the FBI placing warnings on CD to threaten consumers with fines and jail - even though they are supposed to be focusing efforts on combating terrorism (as told to me when I went to the FBI seeking help with a problem).
So why would the Recording industry care if Prince wants to give away his CDs?
What is it they are outraged about now?
Prince is the copyright holder. He should be able to do what he pleases with his music.
The Entertainment Retailer’s Association said,
It would be an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career.
What kind of B.S. is that? Don’t they recall Emancipation? That very album’s existence is Prince’s snubbing of the Recording Industry as he set himself free. It should come as no surprise that Prince is willing to give away free CDs as a way of again flipping the bird to the Recording Industry greed vultures.
Lest we forget…he had been known as a symbol and was referred to by the media as TAFKAP for a period of time. This was a protest to Warner Brother’s trademarking his birth name.
Bravo Prince! Prince’s free CD offer reminds the world that the Recording Industry lawyers are not really there to protect the rights of artists. The sole purpose of the Recording Industry Association of America and other nefarious organizations of their ilk is to protect the flow of dollars to the coffers of the copyright holders.
May they all burn in hell.
The guy in the cubicle next to me is a smoker. I have never seen him smoke. But I know he is. He is around fifty and he often sounds like he can’t catch his breath. He is not overweight and looks to be in pretty good shape. Maybe he has asthma. But asthma doesn’t smell like cigarette smoke. He does. His wheezing and coughing is a constant reminder to me of why I stopped smoking. I didn’t stop smoking because I didn’t enjoy it. I did. Smoking was great. Many of my friends did it. It was a shared enjoyable experience. The losers who didn’t smoke always stayed inside breathing their damn clean air and hogging the beer.
