RIAA is Gay Thread

[Ooner]

Not related to the rest of my post:

I have never heard a logical argument to the "I wasn't going to pay for it anyways" defense.

Ok...

I will argue on the side of the RIAA when it comes to big hit songs. I think that all the kids who download entire top 10 albums are little thieves and that's NOT what file-sharing is good for. What it IS good for is exposure for bands. Notice all the artists bitching about file-sharing are HUGE stars who don't need any more publicity because their faces are on billboards advertising the newest album. They bitch because file-sharing probably does hurt their profits. Fair enough...

But the RIAA completely disregards that the vast majority of bands AREN'T gazillionaires. Most of them have very little exposure and would be NOTHING without file-sharing. File-sharing is running the non-mainstream music industry right now, and the RIAA is trying to shut that down because it takes just a little bit away from the top40 garbage.

You bet I steal music. And when I steal from someone who I like, I guy buy their album so I can listen in my car too. That's how it should work.

I hope the RIAA sues the fuck out of people with 5000 top40 mp3s on their computer and a CD case full of burned copies. I hope they leave me alone to continue learning about and supporting musicians I enjoy.