08 Sep 2003
Mon, 08 Sep 2003
DiahRIAA
DWAYNE FATHERREE in Tuscaloosa News:
If I were to start collecting data from online users without their knowledge, compile it and use it to extort money from them, I would be a criminal. The RIAA has managed to do the same thing, except it was aided and abetted by legislators, courts and even the White House.
On the other hand, you might be a spammer. The RIAA and spammers have the same goal - to jam inferior products down the throats of the unwilling. And the RIAA gets about as much respect from consumers as spammers.
If the whole music industry fell off the face of the earth tomorrow, I'd cry no tears, and I'm a musician! The problem began when we started referring to music as an industry and will end when the two words are seen as being at odds. For some musicians, the art is so important that it comes before eating, sleeping, and shelter in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. That's the music that I want to hear.
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