Will you ever buy Sony again?

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Eroberer
What can I say Ted, I just hate Sony. =)

I bought CivIV so I've been coming back to ol' Apolyton lately. She's a good place she is!

Come to the convention!

[Eroberer]

Striker, exactly. And does the top brass approve of the RIAA's action or not? If so, and they still do nothing, it's a perfect example of how giant corporations can kill honorable ethics and Sony should be crucified for that reason. If not, then I just say screw Sony.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Eroberer
Kass: CD sales rocket after Live 8

See the figures at the bottom of the page. I think that quality music gets the appreciation that it deserves. Unfortunately, last I heard, RIAA profits have gone up on the year, CD music by just a bit, and downloaded music by like 100%.

That's interesting. I guess the RIAA doesn't want to make much noise about their sales rising. Or maybe they'll say they would have risen even more without downloaders. It's like a cult, anything can be rationalised...

Do you know how I can tell if a CD in the store is not backed by the evil RIAA? I haven't even been in the CD section in a while. Is there an RIAA symbol on the case or anything?

I refer you to RIAA Radar: http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/

[Eroberer]

JohnT, unfortunately last year of college == no money for me. CivIV is the first game that I've bought in a year, and it doesn't even run on my early 2000 laptop. =P

However, I haven't forgotten that I have the earliest forum join date possible (year 0 in Unix?). Also, Ted Striker, I remember your current name for sure, but have you ever gone by any other names?

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Eroberer
Striker, exactly. And does the top brass approve of the RIAA's action or not? If so, and they still do nothing, it's a perfect example of how giant corporations can kill honorable ethics and Sony should be crucified for that reason. If not, then I just say screw Sony.

Sony is a victim of it's own success. Victim isn't the right word but I can't come up with another.

It encouarages a very high degree of risk taking and innovation, so you have the company constantly doing things not under its core strengths. The aquisition of Sony Pictures was the greatest example of this. But they are able to constantly turn a corner and generate revenue off of newer business units all the time.

Sony as a company started out making rice cookers, but now look where they are today.

But every time they do these new business lines, they are going farther and farther away from their core consumer electronics base, and the harder it is to manage all those different wants and needs across the business. Now they have been morphing into a media company the past few years. At least they aren't a sewage company turned media giant the way Vivendi Universal did it.


Even with all that being said, I'm not excusing them, they should still address this RIAA crap, and all the RIAA companies are giving themselves bad press along with missing the boat completely when it comes to downloading technology. If they would just embrace the download technology it would be the biggest DUH move ever. I mean look at iTunes for example.

Sony launched an on-demand downloadable movie service called Movielink, but the service still isn't as good as something like Netflix.

[Elok]

I don't know what all this fuss is about (something to do with music...eh, whatever, I rarely buy any anyway), but if Sony collapsed the XBox would probably be able to swallow Nintendo in short order. And Gates needs to learn that he can't swallow the competition in EVERY area he expands into, dagnabit. That megalomaniacal geek needs something to keep him humble or he'll be trying to write novels or something next. Yuk.

[Bosh]

Go Samsung go

[Urban Ranger]

@ Bosh

As for the OP, hm, I have never bought any Sony products surprising enough, so I am not sure what to pick.

[Sava]

Sony makes good TV's. I have a 36 inch flatscreen. But it was purchased well before this story broke.

I am not in the market for a TV any time soon, so I don't think it will matter if I decide to boycott them or not. I don't really see myself in the market for any kind of Sony product anytime soon.

Their actions with this whole DRM issue have really pissed me off. I will definitely boycott them.

Although if I do find myself in the market for a product that Sony makes, I will have to find a worthy alternative.

[Nostromo]

Boycott all Sony products, including the TV's, because of the rootkit debacle? I think you're overeacting a bit.

Do I also have to boycott all the artists distributed by Sony Music? That's a lot of people... Mind you, I'll gladly boycott those artists with the rootkit on their CDs.

[Verto]

Oh come on. In a week or so, this will be old news, and our thirty second attention span will be worrying about the latest celebrity wedding or breakup, and the average consumer will go out and buy whatever is on sale.

[DanS]

A boycott is the least of Sony's worries. The legal problems from this are biting Sony in the ass really fast.

[alva]

Re: Will you ever buy Sony again?

Originally posted by Eroberer

The RIAA's stunts over the past few years have been bad enough already.

Why stop...

RIAA President Downplays Sony Rootkit

Someone must have built a lead shield around the RIAA headquarters in Washington, DC. It's the only way to explain how RIAA president Cary Sherman doesn't see the enormously serious consumer backlash against Sony-BMG. During a university press round table discussion, Cary Sherman spoke with university journalists on various file-sharing issues, including the Sony-BMG fiasco.

For the full story:

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1000

[Sava]

I can't really vote in the poll because I am undecided.

However, I think RIAA should be truckbombed.

[Odin]

Sony makes good flatsreen monitors (I am using one right now) but I well never buy a Sony CD or Playstation, EVER.

Truckbombing RIAA: