[bk1000]

"Perhaps if they priced their product at a fair price people would not try to copy it. This stuff is priced way too high."



I haven't bought a CD in years for that very reason.
(I don't download, either) The record industry is
desperatly clinging to an outdated business model.
Rather than change with the times, they whine.
(sounds like a bunch of liberals!) I'll bet these new
'download a song for a fee' websites are the wave of
the future. Why should I pay for ten songs on a disk
when eight of them stink? Buying music by the song
(remember 45 or 78 RPM records?) is a way for
the industry to return to it's roots and will ultimately inspire
artists to write better songs instead of album filler.
People like to download music. I think most would
pay a small fee per song to keep it legal and fair.

[goldstategop]

One would think RIAA would get into a cozy deal with the P2P networks instead of trying to get rid of them. You know, if you can't beat em, join em.

[sirchtruth]

I think most would pay a small fee per song to keep it legal and fair.

I think that is a perfect idea. If the RIAA thinks they will win friends and influence people with this law suit, the backlash will be tremendeous and they are so friggin' selfish and underhanded themselves they can't even see what they are doing.

Why not offer alternatives like Fee-Per-Song instead of threatening to sue some teenager who likes Thrash Metal and would never buy it in the first place because he's got a double tape deck with friends...

The pricks are going to ruin there own lives. People do not give a tinker's wit about the crappola being produced today...

Oh, just one small point. I will be purchasing Rush's RUSH IN RIO live DVD along with the live cd, that's only because I want to support Rush not these prudes.

[NinjaDetective]

You mean a place like this?

www.buymusic.com

[BlazingArizona]

Buying music by the song (remember 45 or 78 RPM records?) is a way for the industry to return to it's roots and will ultimately inspire artists to write better songs instead of album filler.

This Internet-based business model is already working so well for Apple that it has opened up its site (Apple Music Store) to artists for direct sales, bypassing all those record-industry middlemen.