Ah, the immense greed of the Music Industry. When will those poor souls learn? CEO Edgar Bronfman (Warner Music) has basically said that the video game industry needs to pay up for the music they are using in their games...specifically games like Guitar Hero. They feel that they are not getting paid enough money for what they are providing to these games.
Now, how do you think an industry that dwarfs the pathetic music industry would respond? Would they fall to their knees to beg for forgiveness and pay the music-man his dues? Hell no!
As CEO Bobby Kotick (Activision Blizzard) put it:
"There's a misunderstanding of the value we bring to the catalog...When you look at the impact it can have on an Aerosmith, Van Halen or Metallica, it's really significant, so much so that you sort of question whether or not, in the case of those kinds of products, you should be paying any money at all and whether it should be the reverse."
Gamasutra
Hell yeah Bobby! Put those greedy bastards in their place, they definitely do not appreciate the revenue your company has brought to their industry. For this, I award you with the very rare, yet very special 5 Spoons Award of Greatness. You bring us hope, my Jedi master.
Read more here - Gamasutra
No comments:
Post a Comment