FAQ: How the decision will affect file swappers

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all this rigmarole to try to protect a dying organization?: It's time for the RIAA to fish or cut bait. All the intermediate steps in the distribution process (and the jobs that go with them) are fast becoming obsolete. The RIAA execs are trying to preserve a status quo (and their salaries that far exceed the average wage paid to the artists and the rank and file employees) that can not be supported. All that is needed is a means to digitally record & mix the song along with a digital distribution method. No more trucks, no more cds, no more store shelves, no more leaving your house. How many industries in the history of man have been forced to go under or undergo radical change due to technological advances? Horse & buggy, assembly lines, etc. - I'm sure more than we could count even if we could name them all. There are no guarantees to business success, and it's way past time for the RIAA to face the music. They are going to have to revamp and change the way they are doing business or be forced out by someone who will give the consumers what they want - quick, affordable, digitable distribution on demand. Are you listening MPAA execs? - You're next. The days of living fat off the artistic talents of others are coming to an end.

And to the numbnuts around here spouting the "copying music is stealing" mantra - why don't you pull your nose away before you end up with your entire head up the RIAA's. . .well you know. We're not buying what you're selling (lies). Copyright infringement is not the same as theft. (This argument has been decided, and I won't rehash it.) How can you expect others to give your arguments any weight when you blatantly lie or continue to perpetuate lies? The motives behind the RIAA have little to do with protecting the "poor starving artists" and more to do with protecting their control over the distribution (thereby the control over the revenue) of music. What will be their excuse to hold onto the means of distribution when (and it will be when) it becomes as easy as going down to the recording kiosk in the mall or the professional home recording & distribution kits become available?; Posted by: Lord Talon Posted on: 12/19/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use