The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has generated too much press (mostly negative) over music in the past few years and probably consider this progress to stop copyright infringements. They will probably also tell you that music sales have gone down due to peer to peer file sharers giving away music over the Internet to others.
Although the music industry has taken a hit in the last ten years as they attempt to recuperate from dropping CD prices or bending to music made available via the Internet through online stores for less than $1 a track. With the recent shutdown of Muxtape.com and the concerns over the possible closing of Pandora.com due to royalties being paid on the music. It is sad that the RIAA does not realize the importance of people sharing and exposing others to music. The RIAA is killing the broke consumers that can barely afford to buy all the crappy music that comes out today. (Can you tell I’m a Generation Xer)
Once there was MTV that played music videos all day, this allowed us to see and hear music that we later wanted to own. Same goes for music heard on the Internet, whether its Independent Music venues or not, this helps us discover new music and songs that actually become purchases.
The fact is radio repeats the same stuff all day meanwhile sharing opens avenues for more music exposure. This is become more of an impasse each day as the RIAA shoves their industry dominance, the less we appreciate or are exposed to music.
And even though their are people out there like Boycott RIAA or Anti-RIAA Crusader Ray Beckerman, we still that the RIAA is steadily filing lawsuits and limiting access to music. Streaming services should be allowed to continue such a service without being penalized or charged for what could be considered FREE advertising and exposure. Unfortunately this should would not include those that rip music (creating mp3 music files from original CDs) and then share it to the world.
Furthermore, if a CD is bought and the purchaser rips a copy for storage on a hard-drive, that backup copy should be deemed appropriate and legal as well as be able to be burned back to a disc without some type of litigation arising. Now the RIAA is more than buzzing with attorneys that are jumping around like pop-corn to find reasons to generate lawsuits. Once the consumers are afraid of your tactics, one of two things will happen, they get smarter about how they distribute music which becomes more of a blatant disregard for authority or the loose interest in music that is represented by the RIAA.
Just let it go and find the real fights to fight, people selling bootleg copies on the street and in stores.
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