In the ongoing contest amongst major label record execs to see who can sound like the most disconnected douchebag, Universal chief executive Doug Morris has chimed in with a fresh and hot pile of illogical santorum. "The poster child for (user-generated media) sites are MySpace and YouTube... We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars." Read the rest of the story on Yahoo news. Dear Mr. Morris, what in the crap is wrong with you? Myspace and Youtube are giving your artists more free publicity than you can imagine. If anything you should be cutting them a check. The more you fight new technology the more your shareholders are gonna be itching to replace your crusty luddite ass. Sincerely, Reality.
Major Label Mental Midgets Still Don't Get It
In the ongoing contest amongst major label record execs to see who can sound like the most disconnected douchebag, Universal chief executive Doug Morris has chimed in with a fresh and hot pile of illogical santorum. "The poster child for (user-generated media) sites are MySpace and YouTube... We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars." Read the rest of the story on Yahoo news. Dear Mr. Morris, what in the crap is wrong with you? Myspace and Youtube are giving your artists more free publicity than you can imagine. If anything you should be cutting them a check. The more you fight new technology the more your shareholders are gonna be itching to replace your crusty luddite ass. Sincerely, Reality.
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September 15, 2006 at 10:58 a.m.
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[...] Really interesting article over at Spin (I know, I’m surprised too) which quotes Doug Morris, Chief Executive over at Universal Music, ripping into sites like YouTube and MySpace. Andrew touched upon this yesterday, but I wanted to weigh in as well. At a recent investors conference, Morris had the following to say about the sites: [...] |
i really do enjoy watching the internet confuse the hell out of people who simply refuse to change the way they think.