RIAA Sues 12yr old girl...

[DSL]

What do you think of this?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/index.html

I think the RIAA is playing a fair game to keep the music industry alive by taking the alocated money it needs but I don't know about going after 12 yr old kids... what do you think?

 

[The Equivocate]

The corrupted files were put on Kazaa BY the RIAA in hopes to piss you off and make you stop using it...

I use WinMX anyways, forget Kazaa. But it seems RIAA is doing exactly what they set out to do - show that EVERYONE is responsible, no matter how old...

 

[inflames]

i believe file sharing and DLing takes some money away from artists but its not sending them to the poor house . i use to be a manager of a music store the company has 11 stores , the store i ran sold around 500-2000 cds a day, more around the holiday season . and thats not counting the band merch (t-shirts, hats, stickers) bands make more off selling their merch than they do selling their CD ... if someone likes a band they are going to go out and pick up the cd , thats just my 2 cents

 

[The Equivocate]

I can kind of vouch for what RIAA is fighting for... the whole time I had cable internet and Kazaa, I never bought a CD (I burned all of them). Now that Kazaa is pissing me off so much with their corrupt files and stuff, I've actually been buying CD's.

 

[dnslife]

I wish there was a system in place that would allow us to pay the artist directly.

 

[holeinone]

Ya that way both sides win...