As though we could hate the RIAA more.
Dec. 11th, 2006 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksSo, get this: you remember all those starving artists that file-sharing pirates are stealing bread from? The RIAA has decided that they should give them less money.
At least they aren't being shy about the fact that, really, it's the lining of their own pockets that they're concerned about.
From the article: "In publicly defending its strong arm tactics and stated desire to scare consumers into absolute compliance, the RIAA has long cited the negative repercussions of piracy and lost revenue upon the recording artists that pour their talent into making the music that people like to hear. It's a sympathetic defense, yet in the past week the RIAA has made it quite clear whose profits the group is truly out to defend, and it's certainly not the artists who actually make the music."
At least they aren't being shy about the fact that, really, it's the lining of their own pockets that they're concerned about.
From the article: "In publicly defending its strong arm tactics and stated desire to scare consumers into absolute compliance, the RIAA has long cited the negative repercussions of piracy and lost revenue upon the recording artists that pour their talent into making the music that people like to hear. It's a sympathetic defense, yet in the past week the RIAA has made it quite clear whose profits the group is truly out to defend, and it's certainly not the artists who actually make the music."
