The RIAA has never answered questions about the numbers it used to pervert the judicial process and file suits against individuals. This story, written by former colleague Erin James, still holds value today, even though the iTunes Music Store wasn’t launched until June, 2003.
Thank you to New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow for his piece on the self-destruction of the record industry. It’s quite possibly one of the most truthful assessments to come out. It’s fairly well thought-out, and simply put, although he gets one thing wrong and skips one important point.
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An alarming analysis surfaced last week involving the price of sending text mssages between mobile phones. Prices have more than doubled since last year and no link has been found to rising costs for phone service providers. About 8 years ago, mobile phone companies began charging customers to receive text messages where before, incoming messages and the first minute of incoming calls had been free. At that point, plans were available in 100, 250, 500 and 1,000 message increments. Now, for my provider, one can choose 200 messages, 400 with 1 megabyte of data transfer for the Web, 1,500 messages, or unlimited. Each of these plans is more expensive than what was previously available, and there’s nothing in between 400 and 1,500.
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