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RIAA Forgets to Make Royalty Payments

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gentle-reminder dept.

theodp writes "NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer agreed with the RIAA on one point - artists WERE being deprived of money that was rightfully theirs. But Spitzer managed to find $50 million for performers without shaking down grandmothers. Spitzer's culprits? A Who's Who of the nation's top recording companies - members of the RIAA - who failed to maintain contact with artists and stopped making required royalty payments."

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  1. Yes! by moxruby · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Another rhetorical tool I can use to justify my ongoing piracy!

    40gigs and counting, baby.

  2. Increase copyright law that will fix it. by jagee · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You mean an trustworthy organization such as the riaa, who's sole reason is to protect artists rights, isn't protecting artists. Instead it is only taking from them. I would have NEVER suspected. I guess they only respect copyright law when they can get money and not have they rightfully owe it. I know increasing copyright law to give the riaa more rights is the thing to do. That way this will never happen again.