Don't sue, new EMI boss tells RIAA 1
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warrior_s writes "From p2p net, New boss of EMI(one of the big four that forms RIAA), and ex-Googler — CIO Douglas Merrill says, it's a "poor business model to sue your customers. I don't think that's a sustainable strategy."
Quoted by the Guardian, he was referring to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG's current practice of trying to use legal systems around the world to force their customers into buying corporate 'product' rather than using the free P2P networks and independent music sites and services.
"There is academic research that shows file sharing is a good thing for artists and not necessarily bad," said Merrill. "We should do a bunch of experiments to find out what the business model is.""
Quoted by the Guardian, he was referring to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG's current practice of trying to use legal systems around the world to force their customers into buying corporate 'product' rather than using the free P2P networks and independent music sites and services.
"There is academic research that shows file sharing is a good thing for artists and not necessarily bad," said Merrill. "We should do a bunch of experiments to find out what the business model is.""
Same old, same old... (Score:1)