RIAA Not Sharing Settlement Money With Artists

Posted by kdawson on Thursday February 28, 2008 @11:08AM from the play-nicely-now dept.

Klatoo55 writes "Various artists are considering lawsuits in order to press for their share of the estimated hundreds of millions of dollars the RIAA has obtained from settlements with services such as Bolt, KaZaA, and Napster. According to TorrentFreak's report on the potential action, there may not even be much left to pay out after monstrous legal fees are taken care of. The comments from the labels all claim that the money is on its way, and is simply taking longer due to difficulties dividing it all up."

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What are you on about? by Anonymous Coward · 2008-02-28 11:28 · Score: 0, Troll

Enough of this phony, pseudo-ideological nonsense. Most of you care nothing about how much the RIAA pays artists. Talking about it all the time just helps you with your cognitive dissonance and makes it okay that you steal music.

When will this foolish drivel have run its course?

obligatory Slashdot disclaimer: I'm a musician who has had more than my share of people around the world asking me for free cd's and telling me they want to copy my music for their friends.