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# Choruss’ Griffin: “…this business won’t survive.”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/choruss-griffin-this-business-wont-survive/
- Published: 2009-02-27T04:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-02-27T04:28:00.000Z
- Description: "We’ve spent over a decade with the lawyers nitpicking over what we call the transfer of money for music and I’m tired of it.What we're trying to do is to. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/02/choruss-griffin-this-business-wont-survive.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**"We’ve spent over a decade** 
**with the lawyers nitpicking** 
**over what we call the** 
**transfer of money for music** 
**and I’m tired of it.** 
  
**What we're trying to do** 
**is to make sure we don't have** 
**another decade of nitpicking** 
**because this business** 
**won't survive."**  
  
– Jim Griffin of [Choruss](http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/warner-music-gr.html?ref=hypebot.com)  
after a keynote at Digital Music Forum East 

**UPDATE: FULL TRANSCRIPT OF GRIFFIN'S [KEYNOTE](http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/02/27/buzz-watch%3A-transcript-jim-griffin%2526%2523039%3Bs-keynote-digital-music-forum-east?ref=hypebot.com)**