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The United States of America is a country which was born out of the idea that unjust and unfair laws should be challanged by the people of the land. If the avenues of the legal system protect unfair and unjust laws, the citizens have the right to pool their resources to have these laws overturned in manners outside of the courtroom. But this is a two-edged sword, because it also gives those who back unfair and unjust laws the same right to defend these laws, and as long as these laws are on the books, the courts will back them.
The methods for overturning laws start at the ballot-box, but also include using ones power of speech, free assembly, and of course civil disobeitience(sp?). I veiw the sharing of downloads a an act of CDO.
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This is the only argument I've ever heard that I can give any real credence to. In part I argee with you, but I can't justify stealing from artists whose music I enjoy to take potshots at an industry that won't really feel as much as they would a flea bite.
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That doesn't affect me, I don't listen to any of the RIAA's pap anyway so I couldn't care if the files are available to me or not. What I DO care about however is the well-being of the music industry, and let's face it - the RIAA are fuckers who milk people for all their worth, chew them up, spit them out and blow the earnings on hookers and imported cars. The RIAA don't actually have any use at all, most of their artists are filth - manufactured pop, and those who aren't would be far better off without them if they'd just open their eyes. Filesharing is a way to bring down these criminals, and it's working good, so keep it up. The way I see it, any artist who sticks with the RIAA is doomed, I couldn't care about them, times are changing.
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First you would be suprised about how much of what you listen to is in some way touched by the RIAA. Any label with more than two artists and a distribution area larger than their backyard will be registered with the RIAA. When we think of the RIAA we think of the megalabel conglomerates like Sony, Universal, AOLTW, etc. but that's not the only group with a RIAA membership card. Even the small indie labels are registered because that's just the way everyone does things. Every CD you own has an ISRC code implanted in the first two minutes of the cd. Part of this code is to point to the original owner (label) and can only be given by the RIAA. And my final point, artists have nothing to do with the RIAA because they are a trade orginazation of labels, not artists. If an artist wants to make enough money to feed his family, he is going to sign with a big label given the chance because they have the ability to pay more and put his stuff out in a bigger market which leads to more units sold, etc.