Dvorak comments on Stevie's Open Letter

[RAMd®d]

He is begging the music industry to give up on all the DRM initiatives while subtly predicting they may spell its doom. He is dead right.


http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Jo...nd+Opinion

[Sam3]

Dvorak's dead on, for a change.

I like this as well:

" I would like to finish with the marketing observation that the record industry hates. During the heyday of Napster and open free music sharing and trading, when million of people swapped songs, the CD business was booming. Once Napster was shut down, and along with it the social network of music discovery, sales began to plummet. They are still falling.
Apparently these people are clueless about their own industry and how it works."

So true.

[IronMac]

I did a quick Google search and found a UNC paper as to whether or not file sharing does have an effect on record sales and it says that it doesn't...for good or bad.

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:XNnT...cord+sales&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ca

I'd like to make an observation here too...I find it laughable that people always and I mean always laud people like Dvorak and other "analysts" when they say something that they agree with and call them idiots when they don't.

[RAMd®d]

I'd like to make an observation here too...

First, that is a flaw of human nature. It happens right here in this forum and at dealmac as well. It applies to anybody who regularly posts, blogs, writes or otherwise publicly communicates. It's not just analysts. Nothing new under that sun.

Second, agreeing with Dvorak or calling him dead on does not constitute lauding him. One can dislike him yet still occasionally agree with points he makes. Posting or commenting on someone's comments is not lauding.

Some of the statements analysts make are based on and supported by fact. Others are not. If we assume that constitutes being correct and incorrect (while acknowledging and differentiating from personal opinion) then we *can* agree or disagree without lauding the speaker.

Previously, Dvorak was quoted in here as disliking the Mac because of the way it saves files. His choice, but I find that silly at best. I think he even admits that it's odd. Many of his statements over the years have been strictly Mac bashing, just more articulate than others, but still less than objective.

I like listening to him on TwiT, because there is usually somebody to keep him in line, in particular- Patrick Norton.

I posted Dvorak's comment and a link because it is rare that he praises Apple. I've done so before and will probably do so again.

I came to post about Dvorak, not to praise or bury him.

Or laud.

[mikebw]

Yeah, just because someone is right some of the time, it doesn't mean that they are not an idiot all of the time. Not saying Dvorak is or isn't in particular, just making a statement.

[spearmint]

[quote Sam3]Dvorak's dead on, for a change.

I like this as well:

" I would like to finish with the marketing observation that the record industry hates. During the heyday of Napster and open free music sharing and trading, when million of people swapped songs, the CD business was booming. Once Napster was shut down, and along with it the social network of music discovery, sales began to plummet. They are still falling.
Apparently these people are clueless about their own industry and how it works."

So true. The CD industry got hurt by Napster. Steve Miller complained that his sales of "Greatest Hits" which year after year provided him decent income fell off the table when Napster was in bloom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1190724.stm

[samintx]

some disagree with Jobs........

[Filliam H. Muffman]

[quote spearmint]
The CD industry got hurt by Napster. Steve Miller complained that his sales of "Greatest Hits" which year after year provided him decent income fell off the table when Napster was in bloom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1190724.stm
What he does not realize is that people bought his "greatest hits" for one or two songs. The same thing would have happened if people could have bought a single song off iTunes rather than having to buy a $16 CD of mostly filler. He was taught by a master and showed a little talent in writing songs, but your laurels can start to rot if you lay on them too long.