Dear music industry, low quality = low demand

[boogieordie]

I think you guys were missing the point of the article if you want to get into specifics about who sounds like who. Maybe her examples were off if you're focusing on that you're missing the point. Her point was that once something is a hit, record companies sign other people just like the other artist, because it's proven to sell. What you end up getting though is maybe one good song and a bunch of crap.

Example - Reality shows and the entertainment industry. Survivor and the Real World and whatever are hits, now you see way too many crap reality shows, a few might be good, but none of them have the potential to ever make it onto DVD and have some sort of longevity.

Also - Peruvian_Sky You said

If the public continues to purchase the crap, the industry will continue to put out the crap.

That's exactly what they're not doing and that's her point. But instead of not producing crap, the RIAA wants to go and sue everyone who downloads an mp3.

Squarenuts

"Why would I buy each of their CDs, when I could download "Sk8r Boi" and "Game of Love" and be done with it?"- it's that attitude that is why file-sharing is such a problem

This article isn't encouraging file sharing. It's laying the blame where it belongs. It's not trying to offer up some magic solution either, it's just saying that suing individuals isn't the answer and maybe if record companies and artists would produce better songs at a lower price, we wouldn't see the moment in file sharing that we do today. It's not like this lady is the first person in the world to think of that. The point is why pay $20 for 2 songs?

Ashley