tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post8814945572405791436..comments2024-03-22T03:28:24.897-04:00Comments on Recording Industry vs The People: "Investors beware" of SONY BMG, Warner Music, EMI, and Vivendi Universal, says Motley Fool investment web siteraybeckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-87281586854757314802008-01-03T09:44:00.000-05:002008-01-03T09:44:00.000-05:00one of the fools wrote:"If [an industry; here SONY...one of the fools wrote:<I>"If [an industry; here SONY BMG, Warner Music, EMI, and Vivendi Universal via their mouthpiece RIAA] starts to pursue paying customers -- which doesn't seem that outlandish at this point -- then I guess we'll all know the extent of the desperation. Investor, beware."</I><BR/><BR/>Well, what the fool might have overlooked is that it does not only "seem that outlandish at this point" but that they are already well versed in doing exactly that.<BR/><BR/>On information and believe Jamie Thomas the women that was slapped with $222.000 is/was an avid CD buyer. So was Mrs. Anderson that was even a customer in Sony Bertelsmann Bookclub where she regularily bought "mostly country" CDs before the industry targeted here unsuccessfull.<BR/><BR/>So for what <B>my</B> advice might be worth: <I><B>Investors do not just beware, but avoid SONY BMG, Warner Music, EMI, and Vivendi Universal at all costs.</I></B><BR/>Instead invest your money for example in the bottled water industry. Those guys know how to "compete with free" contrary to the established Big4 music industry.<BR/><BR/>(Alter_Fritz does not own stocks in the water industry nor in the other one mentioned [but he has the means to get the "pirated" product that the Bottled Water industry sells themself for "near free" (about 3 EUR per 1000 liter) and yet he buys their Product regularily].)Alter_Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861406779872744163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-50767285009109047392008-01-03T09:13:00.000-05:002008-01-03T09:13:00.000-05:00Also note the last few lines of the article, that ...Also note the last few lines of the article, that might be the biggest clue of the last few years. Years where the Major rather ignored or fight then innovate and refresh <I> As I've said before, a good sign of a dying industry that investors might want to avoid is when it would rather litigate than innovate, signaling a potential destroyer of value. If it starts to pursue paying customers -- which doesn't seem that outlandish at this point -- then I guess we'll all know the extent of the desperation. Investor, beware </I> <BR/><BR/>My blog is full of it: anrtoday.blogspot.comDaan v. Lithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153873133824948520noreply@blogger.com