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Originally Posted by mikemover
I agree with you in principal. But it is not the RIAA you are hurting by not buying music. It is the artists who suffer.
Mike
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True, but the RIAA is who takes the lions share of record sales....artists even with good contracts get a paultry sum...
More artists need to be able to do direct sales...(which I can imagine is prohibited in most contracts)
Sad fact is most of the new music they push on us the hardest is pretty pathetic these days..while the better artists don't get the same treatment, or airtime.
I for one admit I love Metallica....however I refuse to buy their music out of principle over their Napster lawsuit ( Napster introduced me to new artists I never heard on the radio at the time). And I am the type person who pushes back when shoved. And I feel shoved by the RIAA actions.
I don't feel all artists are behind the RIAA...unfortunately except for a handfull the choice is limited. You can't buy their music direct as a protest to the RIAA. So while I do feel bad for the artists that suffer for it...I feel the greater evil is the RIAA. Lot of grey here but for me the scale tips to hurt the RIAA where it matters most...their balance sheets. When its over hopefully the Artists will keep a greater share of the sales for their music.