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- uglyredhonda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The RIAA has their hands in nearly everything that people have heard of. For a while, fans of bands on Victory Records and Vagrant Records kept waving the "hey, we listen to independent music!" banner, completely unaware that both labels are partially owned by Universal.
- AzBaja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You know this is scam to make money for this web site owner, this guy could give a rats ass about the RIAA.
see the link BUY from Amazon...He makes makes 7.5% or more profit from every CD you buy and any thing else you buy at the same time from amazon. And you were thinking the RIAA was bad now we have some one on DIGG willing to make money off of you - ha$$le, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't miss out on anything. I download RIAA and BUY non-RIAA.
- KidVicious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I don't get this:
"This album was found to have been released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)."
So does this mean the RIAA releases the album onto the internet or the RIAA is the one that released the album into stores?"
It means that the label that released it is a member of the RIAA. - blhack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Isn't there a torrent site that links to this? Been trying to remember what it was cause i wanted to use it.....thanks!
Digg - dean_shan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Alex you're still hawking those nasty MSPaint posters?
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't get this:
"This album was found to have been released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)."
So does this mean the RIAA releases the album onto the internet or the RIAA is the one that released the album into stores? - Garrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I sat down with RIAARadar.com's creator Ben Tesch for First Crack podcast #14. Good to see this project digg-ed.
- Garrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here's the url for the podcast: http://garrickvanburen.com/firstcrack/archive/first-crack-14-riaaradar-creator-ben-tesch/
- rawr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I shall download their entire discography out of spite.
- bitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Heck, yeah digg!
- indiefan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0freaking riaa, they just got a bunch of labels to, equal vision...fat wreck chords and lookout. i never thought i'd see lookout join the riaa...what's next matador!?!?
- MegaMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well all this site as shown me is that if I want to boycott the RIAA have pretty much have to give up listening to every band I actually like.
No Iron Maiden, now Yngwie J. Malmsteen, no Megadeth, no thank you.
The RIAA as pricks of the highest degree but frankly if I like a bands music I'll buy their album. - aetherane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm in on this. Probably 90% of the bands I listen to are non-RIAA and the others mostly have stopped making cds.
- TheGooseyOne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0damn you digg effect!
"the network is busy" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can count the number of albums I've bought in the past 3 years on ONE HAND (and I haven't even purchased anything in the past 365 days).
1. Radiohead, HTTT
2. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi
3. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antartica
So I guess I'm already doing my part by downloading 99% of all the music I listen to. - jfried, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yes the RIAA does some bad things, but still if you dont buy form artists who are members you are missing out on some good music.
- GunDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0now we have some one on DIGG willing to make money off of you...
azbaja: what are those lines of text between the header and the intro of the subject, pixie dust? - uglyredhonda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lookout's apparently not an RIAA member, btw. The RIAA listed them on their website without permission. They've tried to get off the list, to no avail.
- mu-sly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@schroeder: "Artists don't usually think about wether their label is part of the RIAA."
Boo-frickin-hoo. No band needs a deal with a major label - in fact, deals with major labels should be actively avoided by any musician with their head screwed on. Behind all their lies about "starving musicians", the commercial product "artists" they push receive next to nothing from the money you pay for their CD anyway - often less than 2% of the total purchase price.
The label takes it all, because the label owns the artist's ass. In fact, if an artist realises they are getting screwed, they can rarely leave and move to another label, or even release stuff independently, because the label owns their ENTIRE output! This isn't just a story, it has happened a whole bunch of times, and basically forced the people involved to have to quit music altogether, because they can't even go and play piano in a bar somewhere without getting sued by the label.
You need to read this article to understand the situation:
http://www.negativland.com/albini.html
Mainstream music is ***** anyway - in fact, by avoiding it almost completely, I've discovered hundreds of far more interesting people around the fringes of the music industry. Who wants to listen to what everybody else is listening to anyway? I mean, could it actually get any more boring than that!?
For the record, I'm a musician and producer (not an amazing one, but could probably have had a career in it if I'd wanted to) and would never, ever, ever sign a deal with a major label, for any amount of money. Furthermore, I know at least 200+ other musicians who feel exactly the same way about major labels.
You sign with them, you are completely f#cked, and you'd better believe it.
Independent all the way. - j0keR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"You know it's funny. It's been 5 years since the Good Fight was lost. And people are still barking the same old battlecry, when everyone knows it. Everyone feels it. It's over. The RIAA, MPAA OWNZ our ass son.
Sooner or later, people will be doing hardtime for their downloading. So why bother with this crap?"
Yeah, guess we better all resort to communism then, huh? - destromofia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess to send the message the the RIAA needs to learn that the practices they use aren't just going to be accepted and that they will loose as much business from that as they will from Piracy.
- rookieone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is cool but sometimes it takes too long :(
- indiefan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0jesusphreak, indie torrents (http://www.indietorrents.com)is probably the site you're thinking of. They only allow "RIAA Safe" torrents on their site, although they are invite-only now.
Stealing is wrong. Let me know if you need an invite. - nonchallant0819, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0This is a great story... found this one through http://www.google.com
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http://www.TopNotchCarpentry.com - thevsteh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hey, indiefan. I could use one of those invites to Indie Torrents. :)
- motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here is the answer to the RIAA: www.dimeadozen.org
- phunkymind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0where's nutty ***** anyway?
- schroeder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Artists don't usually think about wether their label is part of the RIAA. If you boycott a band on this sole factor lots of good bands will be ignored and won't be able to make a living. They have little or no control over such things and it's harder to find good labels who arn't part of the RIAA. Just because the RIAA doesn't want you to copy the music is no reason to take it out on the band. Just buy what you like and skip what you don't. I remember a time when people would do that and didn't need to play music in 7 different formats, but i guess that makes me old school now. The only real problem I have is with the cost of CDs, i don't really care if i can share them on the internet or not.
- rbishop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Each RIAA artist averages $.50-2 per unit (CD) sold. iTunes, Napster and the like have about the same deal.
The best solution is to download all your RIAA artists then anonymously mail them 3-5 dollars cash. You'll still be supporting the artist but not supporting the RIAA.
http://www.downhillbattle.org - DickBreath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> This is really really stupid. You are gonna punish
> artists and labels because they are affiliated with
> the RIAA?
Yes.
It is my absolute right to decide where I spend my money. At present, no current or proposed US laws require me to financially support any RIAA member companies. You are, of course, free to write your congressperson, asking them to introduce a bill requiring US citizens to support RIAA member companies.
Boycotting is a way of economically punishing orgnizations for their bad behavior. The practice has been around for a long time.
If you don't agree with the purpose of any particular boycott, then don't join in with it.
Don't call people names who disagree with you. This only makes you look stupid and accomplishes nothing useful.
A label being a member of the RIAA is by their own choice.
An artist being signed with a label is by their own choice. Such an artist is part of the problem, not part of the solution. - kidlinux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Most of the artists with the major labels are manufactured by the labels anyway. They hire some kid who can sing and dance while producers and marketers do all the hard work.
The RIAA radar has been around for a while now, but good posting on digg to spread the word. - thevsteh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If someone does happen to have an Indie Torrents/OiNK invite they could send me (heyska[at]gmail[dot]com), I'll um...promise to keep my share ratio up.
- Permanent4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"An artist being signed with a label is by their own choice. Such an artist is part of the problem, not part of the solution."
Right on, DickBreath.
(I can't believe I just said that. Really, that's his nick. Just look...)
If you want to support musicians without supporting big corporate labels that sue their best customers as part of a virtual extortion racket, buy independent music.
Have you guys checked out the Association of Music Podcasting lately?
http://www.musicpodcasting.org/
These guys are playing so much great stuff that it's not even funny -- indie rock, punk, acoustic, blues, electronic, industrial, etc. Some are genre shows. Other are regional shows. All are playing music from bands not affiliated with the RIAA. At least one of them has opened up his own store (http://www.davesloungeshop.com/) to sell the music he plays -- either as iTunes downloads or CDs from CD Baby, which sells ANY BAND'S CD and gives them the entire sale price minus $4. So if you buy a $10 CD from CD Baby, the artist gets $6. Show me an RIAA label that will give you a deal like THAT.
Look at the Lascivious Biddies. They got some play on Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, and that lead to a few thousand CDs sold and a lot of extra gigs.
Bands don't need major labels to be successful anymore, and major labels need to adapt or perish. I just wish they didn't take so damn long to die... - hattorihanzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0indiefan, can you hook me up with an invite?
- slantyeyed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0there should be a list of who's NOT affliated with the RIAA . . .
- caeskp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It seems like the idea of record labels has perverted music completely. Originally, the music industry was as simple as traveling minstrels performing their music live to audiences for small fees. They obviously weren't in it for the large sums of money. What happened to the pure form of music meant only to invoke emotion and please the audience, untainted by capitalism? Independant artists are the closest thing to that today.
- jesusphreak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is really really stupid. You are gonna punish artists and labels because they are affiliated with the RIAA?
Guess it fits the "hacker kiddie" Digg mentality. - Testify.Alex, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Check out these anti riaa posters
http://digg.com/music/A_bunch_of_good_anti_-_RIAA_posters
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