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RIAA website defaced

16 replies · 2,924 views · Started 30 August 2002

Jemsee 30 Aug 2002, 02:06

I never have understood theses numbers.
From article;

Music CD sales declined 7 percent in the first half of this year, costing the industry more than US$280 million, the RIAA said this week.

If 7% = 280mill$ how much did they make?

Please correct me if I'm wrong but lets say 10% = 300mil(average).
Therefore 100% = 3000mil or 3 billion $ they make in a year?
OMG 3 billion and the piss and mone over a 7% drop and right when the economy is NOT so hot and it's because of file sharing?

What a bunch of greedy *&^%$@_(& basterds.
:meanie:

Beldaran 30 Aug 2002, 02:27

lol @ jemsee.

No kidding! I mean, sure its illegal [blank stare] but so is going 40 miles per hour in a 35. Duh, everyone's feeling the pinch right now and it AIN'T downloading that's causing it. It's a combination of two factors:

1) a CD is $20

2) no one is retarded enough to pay $20 for the embarrassing shit being released by the record industry.

Cyclone 30 Aug 2002, 03:53

Originally posted by AlphaDawg
I can't believe I actually beat our resident anti-RIAA renegade Cyclone to this.

I was at work at the time you posted this, and I had yet to get an e-mail on this.

Regardless, the fact that it happened is fucking hilarious. They deserve this.

Cyclone

DukenukemX 30 Aug 2002, 12:49

I love how these hackers think. Since the RIAA uses the DMCA act to hack on Kazaa it's only far that they get hacked too.

The internet is our play ground. No rules, lots of porn, and free software for all. 😃

Fuck RIAA. :mischief:

AlexMax 30 Aug 2002, 13:14

And lo, it was a good day for the internet! And the people cheered.

RIAA charges $18 dollars for a CD and they accuse US of stealing... bah...

Cyclone 30 Aug 2002, 16:01

I like Walmart prices. For new CDs, it's $18 a CD. Canadian prices. For some, it's even cheaper.

Once it's no longer new, though, it gets jacked up. Must be charging us storage costs.

But I must point out one bright insight: it's not the RIAA charging $18/CD. It's the retailer charging $18 a CD. The retailer expects his routine profit from them, which is why some of those companies are filthy rich.

Decides to check the RIAA site. Types www.riaa.org in a window.

We can't find "www.riaa.org".
Did you intend to go to one of these similar Web addresses?
www.riaa.org
www.riaa.com

Mmkay...clicks the riaa.com one.

We can't find "www.riaa.com".
Did you intend to go to one of these similar Web addresses?
www.riaa.com
www.riaa.org

ROFL. :laughing:

Cyclone

VEL 30 Aug 2002, 18:32

Where can I find information on giant monkeys? Their site is down so I can't click on their link. 😞

Gerudo 30 Aug 2002, 20:39

k-mapart (kmart) offers cds at like 14 bucks...

there is a place called The Wall in my hometown that sells cd's for 20 bucks, they used to have a lifetime garauntee feature. but since they took that away, shit aint worth buying.

20 bucks for a cd i can download and burn in 30 minutes?
take your pick...

Saffith 30 Aug 2002, 21:02

Originally posted by Jemsee
If 7% = 280mill$ how much did they make?

Please correct me if I'm wrong but lets say 10% = 300mil(average).


Well, really, if 7% is $280 million, then 10% is $400 million...
So... Yeah. Greedy bastards they are.

Cloral 31 Aug 2002, 06:21

You know, the price retailers charge is somewhat fixed by what they have to pay in order to get it. I mean, they can't operate at a loss.
A fairly sizable hunk of what the riaa reports as expences goes to the ad compains. But I ask this: has anybody ever wanted to buy a cd after seeing an ad for it? If anything, such ads turn me off the music. I mean, good music sells itself!
On another note, I just noticed that the person who took that snapshot was using Opera...