Comments on: EMI To Mom & Pops: Eat Cake Bitch

By: BrandtMorain

BrandtMorain — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:14:01 +0000

After ten years of piracy beating the Recording Industry to death most folks on this post seem surprised that there would be cost cutting measures? Hah! What did you expect? Do you think the Recording Industry can take mass thieving of their products forever?

All, and I do mean ALL Major Retailers of Music are cutting costs due to piracy. All Retailers are eliminating large amounts of floorspace dedicated to Music Sales. And, according to IFPI, 95% of al digital downloads are illegal pirated copies.

Bottom line: All you pirates have created this mess. No industry can survive massive stealing of their products. EMI is simply conducting fair business. Pirates are thieves and are destroying the industry.

Jared Brandt
Brandt Morain Studios

By: Another Step to the End of CDs « Media. Future. Change.

Another Step to the End of CDs « Media. Future. Change. — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:19:59 +0000

[...] a comment » As heard on CNET’s Buzz Out Loud, and traced back to the source, EMI are apparently backing out of deals with smaller retailers in the US, preferring to only sell [...]

By: Spex - Magazin für Popkultur » Der Spextrakt

Spex - Magazin für Popkultur » Der Spextrakt — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:47:01 +0000

[...] INDUSTRIE: Eat Cake, bitch! – EMI Quits Selling CDs to Indie Record Stores Da ist das Majorlabel schon wieder einen Schritt weiter als die Musiker: Statt sich wie die Künstler Gedanken über den zeitgemäßen Vertrieb von Musik zu machen, stellt man ihn bei der EMI einfach ein. Scheinbar ganz nach dem Motto: Wenn das CD-Format der MP3 geschuldet sowieso ausstirbt, warum dann nicht auch industriebefeuert? Die amerikanische Dependance des Majors EMI verweist ihre unabhängigen Kunden (sog. ›Plattenläden‹) daher nun an WalMart, Best Buy und andere Großketten, statt sie selbst mit CDs zu beliefern. Besonders perfide: CDs dürften durch solch eine Taktik nicht gerade günstiger werden, da auf die Großeinkaufspreise von WalMart selbstverständlich noch deren eigene Kosten und Gewinn-Margen aufgeschlagen werden. Was wohl der Kunde dazu sagt, wenn der Plattenhändler seines Vertrauens ein Beatles-CD-Album im Jahr 2009 für 20 Dollar anbietet? Genauer: anbieten muss. [...]

By: Goddamn, EMI Fucking Sucks. Seriously, Fuck These Guys. « Bollocks!

Goddamn, EMI Fucking Sucks. Seriously, Fuck These Guys. « Bollocks! — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:35:15 +0000

[...] bird does not lie. EMI, the dicks who refused to bring you Dark Night of the Soul, are now refusing to sell their stuff to independent retailers in a move that can only be charitably described as one of the biggest dick moves ever. What the [...]

By: The death spiral « Code and Culture

The death spiral « Code and Culture — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:55:52 +0000

[...] cost-cutting was apparently insufficient as EMI is no longer doing business with mom and pop record stores. They actually told these stores to send someone to Best Buy to get cds, bring them back to the [...]

By: besart

besart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:57:51 +0000

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By: Varför inte? » EMI hittar en till fot att skjuta sig i

Varför inte? » EMI hittar en till fot att skjuta sig i — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:40:51 +0000

[...] går rykten, för jag hittar ingen bekräftelse, om att EMI tänker sluta sälja CDs till små skivaffärer [...]

By: Hypnote

Hypnote — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:50:18 +0000

the only record chain left in the UK is HMV. Woolworth’s went under in December, along with “Zavvi”, the former Virgin megastore chain. A number of those were somehow purchased by HMV (not sure where they found the money!).

Tesco doesn’t really count as a “record chain”, although you may be able to find the odd Robbie Williams disc in there…

By: S. Kirk

S. Kirk — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:50:15 +0000

Really notable is the sheer number of defenders of EMI on your comments page. Many of which are repeats and clones. To me EMI’s actions are indefensible. I run a record shop that has made regular purchases from EMI for almost 27 years, and we have always paid our bills on time. Some (like Stark) have stated (without
any but anonymous sources) that this cutoff has only affected “a handful” of accounts who bought less than
$1000/ month from them. Well, even in these dark times, we have consistently purchased between $1,500 and $3,000/ month from EMI. Yet, we were cut off with an impersonal form letter dated mid-February but not actually received until March 15. Who has nurtured the “unknown” acts on EMI (and other labels) more than “little” indie retailers like us? Wal-Mart & Best Buy? Please… they only promote acts that they are paid under the table to promote. But why is anyone surprised, after all, that companies like EMI still have their heads up their asses? Pardon me while I smile when I watch that company shoot themselves in both feet while they run into the fantasy future of “paid downloads”… so I can henceforth focus on the indie labels who have a clue.