Ask a Music Producer/Publicist About Filesharing and the RIAA

Bill Evans is one of those people in the music business who doesn't get a lot of public exposure, but keeps the wheels cranking behind the scenes. He's not just a musician and techie, but a publicist whose clients include Numavox Records artists Kerry Livgren and Michael Gleason as well as progressive rocker Neal Morse; he's produced (among many others) songs for the Burning Annie soundtrack and the Kansas Tribute Project. Naturally, since he makes his living in the music business, Bill is not 100% in favor of unrestricted filesharing. But what might work? And what might not? Let's find out what this music biz insider thinks -- one question per post, of course. Answers to the "Top 10" questions will be published soon after he gets them back to us.

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[CGP314]

What's your username on Kazaa?

Ask the music industry about filesharing...

[Anonymous Coward]

isn't that like asking Sauron about his feelings on freedom in Middle Earth?

Where does the RIAA Buy it's Evil?

[Picass0]

No, really, it's a serious business question.

-- Bill Gates
Microsoft

Re:Where does the RIAA Buy it's Evil?

[BrynM]

They siphon off the excess evil that is in each artist's Deal With The Devil contract. They then refine the evil to a more pure and usable form. The Devil can always be relied upon for spilling extra evil on his contracts with artists.