IP rights notwithstanding, the RIAA IS extorting people. They sat over the shoulders of congressmen while the new laws were drafted then sue people based on IP addresses which they claim are proof of the activity. The legislation they basically wrote allows them to make usurous claims they know most people cannot afford to fight then settle for what they claim is a fair amount. EACH and EVERY time a case is actually about to be fought under the microscope of a court of law they promptly drop the case like it's plutionium because they do not want their tactics scrutinized and the fundamental legality of their beloved legislation questioned. And I won't even begin to get into the way they treat the artists who line their pockets. A newly signed artist can for better or worse have a hit album and win awards and all the rest and after all that be in debt to the @ssholes for 7 figures.There is NOTHING noble or good in the way they do business. If you think that their line about "protecting the artists" has any validity whatsoever you have truly drunk the Kool-Aid. They could care less. These are the same people who get 80 cents for each ITunes download and whine and complain and throw tantrums because it's JUST NOT ENOUGH! After 2 BILLION yes 2 FREAKING BILLION with a B downloads. Their response is that CD sales are down ! Ya think? When the equivalent of FOUR HUNDRED FREAKING MILLION ALBUMS HAVE BEEN LEGITIMATELY SOLD THROUGH ITUNES ALONE that CD sales might drop a little? And the downloads cost them NOTHING compared to producing and shipping physical media. THEIR PROFIT MARGINS ARE MUCH HIGHER! Plus the fact that for all their whining they have had record profits! Let's not get in to the part of my anatomy they can kiss.
Last edited by LightninJoe; 01/27/07 04:15 AM.
