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I do think that the RIAA is getting ripped off, but its kinda hard to feel sorry for them beacuse of all the musicians they have been ripping off for so long. Not to mention how they have been ripping off you and me. The music industry is out of control and they need to be stopped. How many small bands have been shut out beacuse they didnt fit into the pop culture that the industry has created? How much good music has been kept off the radio beacuse Britney Spears and The Backstreet Boys have a monopoly on radio time? I have spent a small fortune on CDs and cassetts in the past, pre-Napster, and I have been ripped off for long enough.
The RIAA is a corporate giant and the only way to stop them from pillaging and raping the "little guy" is by sheer numbers. We are 60 million strong and the RIAA knows it. This is why they are resorting to lawsuits against children, the elderly, and students.
The internet is a powerful tool and the 60 million people using it to speak up against unfair monopolies is a beautiful thing. Its not often normal people have a chance to defeat something as powerful as the RIAA.
I would rather donate to help pay for peoples fines for sharing music online than to pay even 50 cents to the RIAA for 100 songs. Its a matter of principle.
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- Joseph Stalin
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