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RIAA forced to lay off employees after revenue drops again

article published on 24 May, 2013

According to tax records, the RIAA has had to lay off many employees as revenues continued to sink. It appears that over the last two years, the major labels have cut back their dues from $33.6 million to $23.6 million, causing the company to layoff 47 of its 107 workers. The RIAA recently filed its 2012 fiscal year tax return with the IRS. Besides membership dues, the company makes ... [ read the full article ]

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GryphB
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_ 		24. May 2013 @ 23:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Like crApple, I shall play the worlds smallest violin. I hope they hear it :P
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nonoitall
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_ 		24. May 2013 @ 23:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by GryphB:
 Like crApple, I shall play the worlds smallest violin. I hope they hear it :P
Don't do that! They'll sue you!
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What happens when Microsoft buys Minecraft? Lets see...
jjmehm
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_ 		24. May 2013 @ 23:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by nonoitall:
Originally posted by GryphB:
 Like crApple, I shall play the worlds smallest violin. I hope they hear it :P
Don't do that! They'll sue you!
Yeah! Don't you know that they hold the rights to any and all music played on violins!? You better play them a song on the smallest accordion.
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aldan
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_ 		25. May 2013 @ 12:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lay any lawyers off? with less than 200,000 in damages collected and 24.8 million in total sales mostly from dues,it would seem there is no justification for their existence at all.
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doowop72
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_ 		25. May 2013 @ 17:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bye bye, later, adios...
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ibmeubu
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OMG I feel so sorry for them. NOT
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