I think i would ask: Why should anyone buy anything from a company that records music, instead of paying the people that actually make the music?(any idiot with a tape recorder can record music)
The riaa does not own the music, they only own the recording that they made of the music, and the copies that they make of the original recording. If someone re-records something that the riaa recorded, the copy is a new "recording" by definition, and all rights to this new "recording" should belong to whoever recorded it.
And also i would ask: Is there a line of people waiting to kick you in the nutz, or can i go ahead?
I have not bought a recording since the riaa and the asshats of metalica started the nasty business of suing customers and fans, And I never will again. And I'm not even going to go on about the fact that they haven't recorded much of anything even remotely worth paying for in years. If i want a recording of something i will record it mydamnedself one way or another, thats the way it is, and that is the way it will continue to be.
Anyone who buys a music recording is paying the lawyers that are suing people, and should be kicked in the nutz just as hard as everyone else in the riaa.
The riaa is no longer the root of the problem, the problem now rests squarely on the consumers who continue to pay these idiots for recordings.
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I think i would ask:
Why should anyone buy anything from a company that records music, instead of paying the people that actually make the music?(any idiot with a tape recorder can record music)
The riaa does not own the music, they only own the recording that they made of the music, and the copies that they make of the original recording.
If someone re-records something that the riaa recorded, the copy is a new "recording" by definition, and all rights to this new "recording" should belong to whoever recorded it.
And also i would ask:
Is there a line of people waiting to kick you in the nutz, or can i go ahead?
I have not bought a recording since the riaa and the asshats of metalica started the nasty business of suing customers and fans, And I never will again.
And I'm not even going to go on about the fact that they haven't recorded much of anything even remotely worth paying for in years.
If i want a recording of something i will record it mydamnedself one way or another, thats the way it is, and that is the way it will continue to be.
Anyone who buys a music recording is paying the lawyers that are suing people, and should be kicked in the nutz just as hard as everyone else in the riaa.
The riaa is no longer the root of the problem, the problem now rests squarely on the consumers who continue to pay these idiots for recordings.
STOP PAYING THESE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL STARVE!