We have no idea where this started, or where it will end up. Introducing 'Black March'...
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Visitor Monday, January 30, 2012
Free The airwaves... Theyre a Public trust not Corporate money machines. That leave out hundreds of talented people, and try and buy out our politicians to co-opt culture for their own profitable ventures.
J Monday, January 30, 2012
HAHA jokes on you, you can't possibly hurt our profit margins any more!!
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jon Monday, January 30, 2012
Scott Tuesday, January 31, 2012
I am with you guys on this one.
Visitor Tuesday, January 31, 2012
i mean really.....
aa Monday, January 30, 2012
yawn...
you'd have as much luck with a cigarette boycott.
also, as to the intent of share price - by the time 1Q results are released, any pent up demand that has waited till April to buy will be visible to the markets through the earnings calls. the market won't care about the blip as long as they understand what it is. nice try, but unless you have a full understanding of financial markets you're efforts are largely embarassing.
the same way that people with no understanding of technology feel compelled to offer their expertise on SOPA.
the same way that people with no understanding of the entertainment value chain generalizing about how all media is created by "greedy corporate interests"
as if the same drivers that provide ambition in entertainment don't exist to the same extent and greater in tech companies, ISP's, the Facebooks and Google's of the world, and even operators of MegaUploads...
#FAIL
@madktc Monday, January 30, 2012
but then I'd have to miss Cloud Nothings at the Echo...
Gloria Monday, January 30, 2012
I get the idea, but the execution does not seem realistic to achieve a profound impact for quarter end.
Also- March is filled with loads of music conferences that are focused on independents. This boycott would hurt them more rather than help w/promotions during March.
Inside every idea, there's a good one bursting to get out, mostly. Keep at it! And as for the rest of us- we'll get our thinking caps on too.
Gloria
Visitor Monday, January 30, 2012
Sounds like Adbusters....
MisterSoftee Monday, January 30, 2012
Oh, one caveat! Porno is *not* included in the boycott, I repeat...
Adam Monday, January 30, 2012
Maybe we should boycott gas stations at the same time! Yeah That's it!!
oy vey.
James Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Hilarious on so many levels. Many of us were hoping that it might be possible for the media industries to have some kind of "Imagine a world without content" anti-piracy blackout in response to the Google/Wikipedia nonsense, even if it just meant turning off the TV networks for an hour. Of course, in reality this would be unlikely to happen. But now this crazy bunch wants to make it happen for us! So I say to them, if you can pull it off, great; it will only show people, if they were too stupid to work it out already, that professionally created content is a significant and meaningful part of their lives.
mdti Tuesday, January 31, 2012
I feel lucky to have upgraded to Blu Ray recently, as it is not in the list of boycottables... :-D
Pat Tuesday, January 31, 2012
UK musician Tuesday, January 31, 2012
"Do not download a single song, legally or illegally".
Er, why do they think the cessation of illegal downloads will hit "music lobbyist" profit margins? But on this narrow point, I agree: no illegal downloads for a day would be a good start!
Wes Davenport Tuesday, January 31, 2012
This reminds me of the one day gas boycotts. This simply shifts the date of purchase rather than decreasing overall demand. Here's a Snopes article about the (ineffective) strategy:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp
JDulle Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Personally I think that the Black March protest would help. I know it's crazy... but with the whole SOPA, PIPA and ACTA thing going on, it's worth a try! My main concern is that many people is just going to refuse to do it because they think, "it's not going to do anything" "nobody is going to do that" or "it's just dumb" It's really disapointing that many people have that kind of additude. I really think if enough people join in on the protest, it would make somewhat of an impact. I'll do my part! :)
Luke McKeehan Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Joke's on them. The boycott on paying for music began a long time ago...
Lee M Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Halleluiah! Reading the comments I though I was the only one who understood that the media and entertainment companies already have a gaping hole in their profits because of piracy.
If the respondents in this thread felt so passionate about the subject perhaps they should band together and start a socialist uprising.
poor babies Tuesday, January 31, 2012
"If you don't let me pirate your stuff, I won't buy your stuff"
Blackmail, but in lame 4chan style => total failure mode, aka someone somewhere needs a rise to keep up with the original op scenario.
Jeff Robinson Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa
@Cskoyles Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Yeah, good luck with that.
visitor Tuesday, January 31, 2012
beyond retarded
James M Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Oh, this is a great plan! Yes, let's piss off the guys that are being hurt the most by piracy and actually have nothing to lose by putting out more SOPA-like bills! Yet, fucking with them is how to convince them to back down!
wurd Wednesday, February 01, 2012
It would be really nice if artists and small labels could make music go dark to prove a point.
This is like threatening to boycott convenience stores for trying to prevent shoplifting.
The labels and media companies HAVE lost money from sites that make money by giving away music they don't own. Google makes money on sites that give away music they don't own. The Pirate Bay sells ads by directing people to download music and movies they don't own.
At least under the old system, the artists got some tour support while being enslaved to a label. Now the pirate sites of the world have turned them into slaves who can't pay back anything.
Creating good content is not free. And if some other company can make money by giving it away without permission, it robs the person who paid people to create of the ability to pay those people in the future.
The internet has become the angry mob of the 21st century. And as they say on the Simpsons "There's no justice like angry mob justice"
Hubert Snodgrass Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Are you kidding me? Megaupload's owner was an egomanic capitalist.
Molly Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Pirate Friday, February 03, 2012
Remember that this boycott doesn't include independant labels. People will still go to concerts, and stream from sources like Pandora.
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