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NARAS vs. the RIAA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

sdbrian writes "An all around excellent paper concerning the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and their position with regard to the RIAA has been published on Salon.com. The author (John Snyder) quotes from many articles that have been discussed on here on Slashdot. One of Snyder's conclusions, "NARAS should take the lead in this matter. Those who are taking it now are leading us over a cliff. The RIAA has staked out an untenable position that is as unrealistic as it is anti-consumer and anti-artist.""

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  1. Re:The RIAA's first, and ONLY care by deanj · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    No offense, but DUH! They're a BUSINESS! It's not this free hand-out thing that the government gives the NEA. If things were funded like that, I'd say they damn well better be free.

    But it's not.

    And I'd say there sure have been companies this greedy...MUCH more greedy than the this. You just weren't alive (well, most of us weren't) when they came rolling through the country.

    So, what's the solution?

    Get the RIAA to give up protecting their property? Most folks here want that.

    Get the publishing companies to allow free access to all downloaded music? Most folks here want that too.

    The problem with that is, the music business is a BUSINESS. They're SUPPOSED to make money. That's why they're doing this. They haven't done one thing that's illegal. Unethical when it comes to some of their recording contracts, well, that I'm sure of. People who keep saying "music should be free" are the same ones that are plopping down big bucks to buy hard drives and things to store all their downloads on. Should those be free too? Why not?

    Back in the day, I knew a lot people that had TONS (literally) of record albums. They bought every one of 'em, either from the store, or from flea markets. I bet most of the people with vast MP3 collects from download sites haven't bought an album in a long time.

    And spare me the, "people would download buy more albums" BS argument. People said the same thing about software piracy, and it isn't true there either.