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No, it's really not that sad that you won't be purchasing the next Perl Jam album.

However, for anyone experiencing such anti-RIAA sentiment, I would point out that some of the finest and most groundbreaking music today is released by labels who are not part of the RIAA. (99.9% of artists ARE involved with ASCAP and BMI, but as I understand it, these organizations are separate from and not quite as evil as the RIAA.)

For example, some of my favorite sources of music are Darla Records, Drag City Records, Teen Beat Records, Matador Records, Merge Records, Misra Records, etc., etc. Many of these record labels are actually NICE to their artists and fair to the consumer (the average cd price is maybe $11-14). Also, online stores like Other Music and Insound do a fairly good job of filtering new non-big-five-media-company music. This is, of course, a small slice of the available pie, focused around my particular listening habits. I know that it is daunting at first to try and find music outside the mainstream that suits you, but you really only need to find a few artists or labels to truly open the flood gates.

My point being, there IS music being made for you that does not diectly suport "the man." Find a record label you like and begin to branch out!