RIAA cast itself against world and tide
THE RIAA might have won $220,000 from a single mother in court last week, but it was a pyhrric victory, no matter how that case is finally decided, because it brought to light the RIAA's alienation from the artistic and technological ecosystems upon which it depends.
Two statements turned up today that illustrate this. They are both all the more indicative of deep dissatisfaction with the giant multinational entertainment corporations that make up the RIAA because the writers don't merely express outrage at the RIAA's bullying tactics, but more importantly, question and ultimately reject its, and its members', entire business strategy, reason for existing, and value to society.
David Rovics is a musician who's making a living without any involvement with the music companies. His essay "The RIAA vs. the World" is lengthy, but thoughtful and well argued. If you're interested in why and how musicians don't need the RIAA, you might want to read it.
Ian Rogers is the general manager of Yahoo Music. He wrote in his bog today about telling some music company executives that he's done with digital restrictions management (DRM).
The digital genie's out of the bottle and the music company dinosaurs' days are numbered. ยต
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I'm really looking forward to seeing the impact, this time !
I think after that horrendously ridiculous lawsuit that the RIAA has won, they have proven that they are only about the greed and filling their own pockets. 

Artists it's easy to make your produced music music available to the mass. Just sell your music tracks via MP3, OGG, M4A, & FLAC on your homepages. Charge less for your music than rival corporations but still make more of a profit than you would thru the Greed Snakes at the RIAA. Also here's another idea, you could even sell your videos for a little more than the audio tracks. I know i would totally support more artists if I went with this idea. Also this would help to bring down the piracy levels, since most do it out of spite against the RIAA and MPAA.
Really indepth coverage there.....Thanks for the obvious.....

The RIAA is doing more damage to itself then it is to the consumers. The bad publicity the furor ove the last case that went to trial has helped drive folks against it, While it may have a case in principle or even possibly in law, the damages its doing to its reputation, and its ability to represent the artist far out weigh any money it gets in court cases.



BTW, please read my Blog; http://kenenthlawson.blogspot.com/

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