It is actually working for the RIAA...

[Bigjakkstaffa]

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60654,00.html

--Jakk:t

[neverwhere]

not for me... im still dloading like crazy... @#$^ the RIAA!

[mireland]

Originally posted by neverwhere
not for me... im still dloading like crazy... @#$^ the RIAA!


http://www.fancysplace.com/smileys/protest.gif

[cwin]

id say what i think, and do... but it prolly brakes several laws ;) :p

[MiKe85]

What will their explanation be when record sales continue to slide? The last couple of weeks have had some good albums hit the market, but I am still not convinced.

It's scary how quickly some people are willing to fork over money. The RIAA took 12 settlements from people that haven't even been sued yet? This worries me a bit....

[zybch]

I can't believe that the RIAA's efforts are actually working. Most probably there is just a cyclic thing going on that they have twisted a bit and released as gospel figures, in much the same way that you can influence survey results by careful wording of the questions.

Here in Australia, a few years back our beloved government decided to remove import restrictions on audio CDs. In theory this was supposed to lower prices. In the end prices went up and local artists received fewer royalty payments.
I used to buy CDs, but I generally download music/programs now. After all, if the artists are getting squat anyway, why should I continue to make the big recoding labels rich?