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10 Issues with RIAA & Record Label Fascism

stopbuyingmusic.com — The major record labels control the music industry. They are corrupting the nature of the internet and threatening the flow of music. We need to act against the RIAA in a movement allowing artists control of their music. If we continue to live under a music monopoly our lives will be filled with DRM and filters snooping our every download.

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  • fauxpaw, on 05/28/2008, -0/+2Damn the man! Save the Empire!
  • upick, on 05/28/2008, -0/+6Great article, lots of good info so I'm gonna post it here for the lazy people

    1. The RIAA is trying to get colleges and ISPs to stop file sharing.
    2. The RIAA is squeezing money out of companies that come in contact of music.
    3. DRM is like renting music, it will eventually just become space lost on your hard drive.
    4. Statistics say that the record label's business model causes more job losses than it provides.
    5. The record labels keep cutting into the artist's profit more and more
    6. Songs get popular because record labels are paying for radio placement
    7. The record label business model is stealing money from artists
    8. Artists are forced to stay with record labels for a set amount of albums
    9. Record labels are forcing artists to produce music the musicians do not really want to create
    10. The internet is not being used as a proper distribution platform for music
    • jordankasteler, on 05/28/2008, -0/+2Yes, but the article backs up everything with great facts, resources, and explanations of the statements.
  • josephjah, on 05/28/2008, -0/+1In the famous words of the waterboy's mother... "DRM is the devil!"

    All the luck to ya man!
  • chiptricky, on 05/29/2008, -0/+2I will never forget napster version 2 beta 6.
  • bryano, on 05/29/2008, -0/+2um, ***** THE RIAA !!
  • moulin1, on 05/29/2008, -0/+2Good article, good links, That's smart activism. Message to recording industry. Change or die.
  • youpet1, on 06/10/2008, -0/+0DRM's is DOA! Nice Article
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