____/ waterskidoo on Saturday 18 August 2007 16:37 : \____
> On 2007-08-18, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> UC-Berkeley cracks down on pirates
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "Some students will probably perceive the university as being the strong
>>| arm of the RIAA. My hope is other students do recognize we do need to
>>| educate and inform them."
>> `----
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>> http://www.ebdailynews.com/article/2007-8-17-eb-illegal-music?fromrss=1
>>
>> Class Action Initiated Against RIAA
>
> The RIAA is just pure evil.
> Here is an interesting site:
>
> http://www.riaaradar.com/
>
> http://www.boycott-riaa.com/friends
>
> And BTW I have no problem with artists making a living and getting
> paid for their work. However, the RIAA is going on the offensive
> to try and explain the downward trend in music sales.
> The complete lack of talent and listenable music along with
> grossly overpriced CDs seems to be ignored by them.
The money they extract goes to the middleman (themselves) anyway, so all they
do is lead to resentment, which hurts of artists. The RIAA is *not* caught in
the middle; it does the damage (like a broken phone or noisy line) in the
middle. Thus, it is unwanted. Artists have begun going independent owing to
the Internet. There are various examples.
If you buy a CD for $20, it is likely that $4 is taxable, another $6 goes to
the record shop and then, officer in the 99th floor spilt the rest with the
actual artist, who will be lucky to receive $5 from the $20 giveaway from a
loyal fan. Call it hierarchy, economics, or whatever. It seems redundant and
it's as repelling as pyramid schemes.
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