Scott from Rare 1980s MP3 of the Week reports that the RIAA has been leaning on him and the provider that hosts his files. Which means that you can say goodbye to yet another fine source of retro tunage.
Blake from thefirstcut also received some nasty edicts from the RIAA, although I believe he had already made the decision to discontinue weekly MP3s for other reasons. He's now pondering the merits of doing a weekly web-broadcast of synthpop goodness, which somehow falls beyond the reach of the RIAA's grasping claws.
I don't know if I should take down The Outpost now as a pre-emptive measure, or just wait for them to bloody well come and find me.
Comments
damn and double damn.
the thing my mind can't wrap around is that without having a reference point or sample of what music exists, how can i know what it sounds like? how can i find new music that i might like and buy if i can't find it on the radio, on tv and now online? it's been said over and over again that the RIAA is quite likely killing its own sales over these attacks against its customers, but this goes past file sharing now. now it's attacking anything that is a tribute to music.
grr.....
gak smash!
Posted by: gak | June 30, 2003 2:18 PM
Yeah, I know. And what really kills me (Scott pointed out as much) is that with a lot of this retro stuff, it's not even available on CD/in stores. (Viz the B.B. Gabor tracks or the Roaring Boys song that I have up.) How could the RIAA be losing money on a product they don't even offer? Jackasses.
I think I'm going to keep the site up until they come banging on my door. I've got a few good tracks up my sleeve, still, that don't exist on CD.
Posted by: jen | June 30, 2003 2:55 PM