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RIAA sets itself up for failure again Click Here to Report this message to the Moderator Posted by Charles W - T Consaul (from: 24.174.197.115) on June 28, 2003 at 10:44:07: I don't know about anyone else, but this is an excellent time for me to purchase used CD's, CD's by independant artists (P.S., when you buy the CD from the artist, their profit margin goes WAYYYY UP) and CD's from artists with foresight, such as Janis Ian, who recognize the fact that music is a Baskin and Robbins type industry! (Sometimes you have to offer a taste to tempt the customer to buy, and it isn't wise to tell the customer who to share the goodies with) The RIAA is the tool of the distributor. Often irrelevent to the artist, especially the songwriter, the RIAA focuses on the profit potential to be madfe by the label, as well as the folks who ship the product out to the retail stores, where it is treated just like the fabled widget. I can often buy excellent music at closeout prices, simply because it is not in demand, but if I want to listen to a top forty single, I must (by their estimation) pay through the nose, over and over again, as they waffle over which is the media of choice this week. Of course, I could record the same song off of the radio (if I don't mind a little sound degradation) or record it directly from the CD Quality (hmmm, not quite) feed from the Music Choice channels featured on my cable feed. If I want to go to the internet and check out Doug and the Slugs latest opus however, I now have to worry about a representative from the RIAA wandering by to bless me with a subpenea. I supposedly pay a royalty for each and every recordable CD I purchase, and I pay almost fifty dollars a month for internet service, but for some reason, the RIAA wants to restrict me from the same priviledge I enjoy with my Television, movies and radio. Since I am not interested in the majority of the homogenized babyfood put out by the mutual admiration society they refer to as the recording industry anyway, this doesn't perticularly affect me, but I am irritated that so much of the gossip passing itself for news these days, is focused on this carefully fabricated issue. If the RIAA really needs to justify it's own existence this badly, I would suggest it ally itself with the I.R.S. or Pat Robertson's Holier than thou club. I'm sure that either organization would find a lucrative round hole for them to park their square peg into. Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : I don't know about anyone else, but this is an excellent time for me to purchase used CD's, CD's by independant artists (P.S., when you buy the CD from the artist, their profit margin goes WAYYYY UP) and CD's from artists with foresight, such as Janis Ian, who recognize the fact that music is a Baskin and Robbins type industry! (Sometimes you have to offer a taste to tempt the customer to buy, and it isn't wise to tell the customer who to share the goodies with) : The RIAA is the tool of the distributor. Often irrelevent to the artist, especially the songwriter, the RIAA focuses on the profit potential to be madfe by the label, as well as the folks who ship the product out to the retail stores, where it is treated just like the fabled widget. I can often buy excellent music at closeout prices, simply because it is not in demand, but if I want to listen to a top forty single, I must (by their estimation) pay through the nose, over and over again, as they waffle over which is the media of choice this week. Of course, I could record the same song off of the radio (if I don't mind a little sound degradation) or record it directly from the CD Quality (hmmm, not quite) feed from the Music Choice channels featured on my cable feed. If I want to go to the internet and check out Doug and the Slugs latest opus however, I now have to worry about a representative from the RIAA wandering by to bless me with a subpenea. : I supposedly pay a royalty for each and every recordable CD I purchase, and I pay almost fifty dollars a month for internet service, but for some reason, the RIAA wants to restrict me from the same priviledge I enjoy with my Television, movies and radio. Since I am not interested in the majority of the homogenized babyfood put out by the mutual admiration society they refer to as the recording industry anyway, this doesn't perticularly affect me, but I am irritated that so much of the gossip passing itself for news these days, is focused on this carefully fabricated issue. : If the RIAA really needs to justify it's own existence this badly, I would suggest it ally itself with the I.R.S. or Pat Robertson's Holier than thou club. I'm sure that either organization would find a lucrative round hole for them to park their square peg into. Click here to be notified by email when someone replies to your message [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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