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fuck the riaa.
people should download what they like.
listen to what they like.
buy what they like.
go to shows by bands they enjoy and buy the cds they like from them direct.
the riaa exists to defend the economic interests of the major record labels.
they defend an 18th century notion of copyright, in which the cd as object is the property being sold, not the contents, and the profits go primarily to the producers of the physical cd.
the writing is on the wall for this whole old model of production and distribution.
the majors have not worked out a awy to profit from electronic distribution, so they are trying to stop or limit it.
but screw em, let them all burn.
it is not as though the major labels have really cared about consumer interests: cds are much cheaper per unit than were lps, yet when cds were introduced the retail prices were higher than those of vinyl, even though the sound quality is in many ways lower. the idea apparently was the create a pseudo-audiophile niche for digital products alongside vinyl. well, that didnt work out, but prices stayed higher per unt than lps.
fair market price?
what's that?
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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