Sony Raises Price of Whitney Houston's Music 30 Minutes After Death

[ElNono]

"Just 30 minutes after Whitney Houston died, Sony Music raised the price of Houston's greatest hits album (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/298680/20120214/whitney-houston-songs-sony-raises-price-30.htm), 'Ultimate Collection,' on iTunes and Amazon. Many technologists, including chairman of the NY Tech Meetup Andrew Rasiej, suggests that Sony should be boycotted for the move. In a tweet, Rasiej wrote, 'Geez Sony raised price on Whitney Houston's music 30 min after death was announced. #FAIL...We should boycott Sony.'"

[The Reckoning]

supply and demand. gotta love it.

[baseline bum]

I would have raised the price on her other albums too.

[The Reckoning]

using the OP logic, might as well boycott all media outlets for pimping her death to sell papers

[ChumpDumper]

You can always not buy the Whitney Houston while the price is high.

[NewcastleKEG]

Because waiting 45 minutes or 3 hours makes a difference?

[Blake]

Did they also raise the price on the free illegal downloading?

[baseline bum]

I would jack up the price on the DVD of that shitty movie she did with Kevin Costner too.

[ElNono]

using the OP logic, might as well boycott all media outlets for pimping her death to sell papers

tbh, I didn't write that.. just the messenger

Thought disclaimer was warranted

[Wild Cobra]

tbh, I didn't write that.. just the messenger

Thought disclaimer was warranted
It must have been important to you to start such a silly thread.

[ElNono]

It must have been important to you to start such a silly thread.

I thought it was an interesting topic. Feel free not to participate.

[Wild Cobra]

I thought it was an interesting topic. Feel free not to participate.
I didn't plan to after my first post. I just thought it was so funny that you post the article that probably most people don't have a second thought about other than it making sense to raise the price, then you act as if you disown it. That is what I find interesting.

Now you might make this too laughable not to participate.

[ElNono]

I didn't plan to after my first post.

But you did. And apparently you have nothing to comment on the OP itself.

After two posts.

tbh, the next insightful thread you start will be your first...

[Wild Cobra]

But you did. And apparently you have nothing to comment on the OP itself.

Really?:
I just thought it was so funny that you post the article that probably most people don't have a second thought about other than it making sense to raise the price
Buy a clue ElNono.

[ElNono]

Really?:

Considering I lifted it from a news site (which is linked in the OP), apparently some people thought it merited a second thought. Yet, you're bitching about me passing it along, not the story itself.

Any comments about the OP itself?


Buy a clue ElNono.

Three posts. I thought you were leaving.

[Wild Cobra]

Any comments about the OP itself?
No.

Three posts. I thought you were leaving.

Now you might make this too laughable not to participate.

[ElNono]

No.

Four posts, and still bringing nothing to the table. No surprises there.

Perhaps is time to start another of your classic crash and burn threads, like "WC's extreme views".

[baseline bum]

25,847 posts, and still bringing nothing to the table.

fify

[Wild Cobra]

fify
LOL...

Can't a guy have fun?

Can't you see, I'm practicing at being a Glob Fly like ElNono. Is it working?

[ElNono]

fify

I bet you he pulls the "I'm just trolling, really, I wasn't being serious" card...

[ElNono]

shit, beat me to it

[Wild Cobra]

shit, beat me to it
I said in my second post, I may as well have a bit of fun...

[ElNono]

Considering you brought nothing else...

[Wild Cobra]

Considering you brought nothing else...
What else can one bring to a totally idiotic thread but a few laughs?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I said in my second post, I may as well have a bit of fun...

Other WC 'fun' hits:

"Sterilizing the poor is not eugenics."
"Hitler was a good leader."
"Alternative fuels are not as efficient, just look at those natural gas boiler brochures.'
"From my personal experience, I don't trust black people but I am not a racist."

[JoeChalupa]

I wonder if the price of prescription street drugs had a surge.

[Th'Pusher]

Just a tax on bandwagon fans tbh.

[JoeChalupa]

Heck, if I've wanted to hear Whitney Houston music all I've had to do is turn on the news.

[velik_m]

Do you think they have automated algorithms for this kind of stuff -> if artist X is in frequency in news tickets > Y raise price of his albums by Z?

[TDMVPDPOY]

demand and supply of digital copies, how does that apply? when its only one digital copy with a download button....theres no costs packagin wise....

[coyotes_geek]

Do you think they have automated algorithms for this kind of stuff -> if artist X is in frequency in news tickets > Y raise price of his albums by Z?

Wouldn't be surprised TBH...

[ElNono]

What else can one bring to a totally idiotic thread but a few laughs?

I don't know what's worse, that you think you're funny or that you think you have any authority in dictating what's an idiotic thread.

In either case, :lmao

[ElNono]

I wonder if the price of prescription street drugs had a surge.

:lol

[scott]

I wonder if the price of prescription street drugs had a surge.

You fail at economics. Prices would have fallen with the decline in demand after Whitney's death.

HAVE I TAUGHT THIS FORUM NOTHING?!?!?!

[TeyshaBlue]

I like cheese.

[mingus]

Sad thing is that was probably the first reaction to her death that they had.

[Goran Dragic]

I wonder if the price of prescription street drugs had a surge.
No tbh. Her death has lowered demand for prescription street drugs, so they price goes down. Simple economics tbh.

[Blake]

Sad thing is that was probably the first reaction to her death that they had.

I'm sure the Whitney Houston estate isn't complaining.

[boutons_deux]

Businesses are in business to make money, not take ethical or moral stands.

If Sony thought they could make more money by <ethical/sympathetic something>, they'd do it.

[Spurminator]

You fail at economics. Prices would have fallen with the decline in demand after Whitney's death.

HAVE I TAUGHT THIS FORUM NOTHING?!?!?!

Unless those drugs are now being purchased en masse as a "tribute" to Whitney.

[greyforest]

HAhahahahahh. This is really funny.

Sony is simply heartbroken over the loss. Corporations are so human! Definitely deserve all the rights of humans since they are so compassionate.

[mercos]

Good business move. Bad PR move if you get caught. Welcome to the digital age Sony.


BTW, people still pay for music?

[DMX7]

I don't have a problem with it.

[MannyIsGod]

You fail at economics. Prices would have fallen with the decline in demand after Whitney's death.

HAVE I TAUGHT THIS FORUM NOTHING?!?!?!


Unless those drugs are now being purchased en masse as a "tribute" to Whitney.

lots of candle light vigils, tbh

http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/alg_heroin_spoon.jpg

[JoeChalupa]

lots of candle light vigils, tbh

http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/alg_heroin_spoon.jpg

Now that is just wrong. :lol But that was the point I was trying to make but apparently failed.

[Spurminator]

https://plus.google.com/102898672602346817738/posts/CLQyX6ZxnxT

Dan McDermott - Feb 18, 2012 - Public

Dancing on Whitney Houston's grave: Streaming rights pulled after her death to make a "very large amount of money" from DVD sales according to Netflix rep

I was inspired to watch the movie The Bodyguard tonight after watching Kevin Costner's stirring tribute to his former co-star at Whitney Houston's funeral this afternoon.

Unfortunately it isn't available for streaming. This was interesting since it is 20 years old. I checked the comments under the movie post on netflix.com and saw a bunch of complaints saying that it had been available for streaming until her death.

So I called Netflx and the rep confirmed what I suspected:

Netflix rep: "Okay Dan, I just went and talked to my main supervisor as to why the movie had been pulled and the reason it was pulled was the production company pulled the streaming rights from us because all the publicity after Whitney Houston's passing there was an opportunity to make really a very large amount of money on the DVD sales of her movies. So they're going to pull all the streaming titles we have of Whitney Houston so they can make more money off the DVD sales of her movies."

[DMC]

I'm waiting on Bobby's memoir "Whitney and Me".

[Agloco]

Other WC 'fun' hits:

"Sterilizing the poor is not eugenics."
"Hitler was a good leader."
"Alternative fuels are not as efficient, just look at those natural gas boiler brochures.'
"From my personal experience, I don't trust black people but I am not a racist."

The last one being my personal favorite.

WC, has your other half made it to AZ yet?

[jack sommerset]

Lucky for me I kepted all my cassettes of the queen of pop. She broke the mold and brought new energy that we have never seen before. Thank you God.

God bless Whitney

[Wild Cobra]

The last one being my personal favorite.
It's not an accurate quote. It is effectively a lie, like most of Fuzzy's shit.

WC, has your other half made it to AZ yet?
Next month. Going to miss her.

[Blake]

It's not an accurate quote. It is effectively a lie, like most of Fuzzy's shit.

Then what did you say exactly?

[Wild Cobra]

Then what did you say exactly?
I's in Oh Gee's sig. I said something like I don't like most black people I meet.

Shit, I don't like most white people I meet either.

[The Reckoning]

WC quotes - "I don't like most white people I meet."

[Blake]

I's in Oh Gee's sig. I said something like I don't like most black people I meet.

Shit, I don't like most white people I meet either.

Interesting that you separated people out into colors.

Are you able to put percentages on the black people and white people you don't like?

[TeyshaBlue]

Smart people do.

[Wild Cobra]

Interesting that you separated people out into colors.
I added the fact that I don't like most white people I meet today, hopefully for some perspective. I simply don't like most people I meet. I don't even remember what prompted me to say that in the original thread, but were were talking about race.

Are you able to put percentages on the black people and white people you don't like?

Not accurately. I probably don't like 90% of the blacks I meet and probably don't like about 80% of the whites I meet.

I get a laugh that people keep bringing that up. To twist it into racism of some sort is your own bias or perceived racism. Read and understand the qualifiers of my words. From Oh Gee's sig, he archived it for us:

I don't like most black people. There are very few who I have met that grew up in a cultural setting I have any respect for. Most I have met are out right thugs, and lack integrity. I could say I don't like black people, but there are some exceptions. If I based all my decisions on statistics, I would stay clear of blacks.