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The RIAA is organized and funded by the recording industry. It is not a self interested entity. It, instead, acts as an ombudsman for the vertical market responsible for the, production, manufacture and distribution of recorded entertainment.

Copyright laws were established to protect the originators of creative product so that they could reap the benefits of their work; that would include financial gain. Saying that one is exclusive of the other is an absurdity.

In addition, I submit that it is not greed to expect a monetary payback for the creation of a product. As a risk taker I have every right to legally produce and distribute a product and to expect a financial reward for my efforts. Those who would purloin the product, justifying on the basis of technology, are, to put it bluntly, thieves.

As a risk taker I have every right to legally produce and distribute a product and to expect a financial reward for my efforts. Those who would purloin the product, justifying on the basis of technology, are, to put it bluntly, thieves.

What physical product are they stealing? The record companies brought it upon themselves, by continually passing off the junk they do as music, and by reducing what they produce to nothing but computer bytes. If they were to go back to nurturing (and giving creative freedom) to talented musicians, producing albums that were the total package...artwork, photography, historical and informational notes, the words, a cohesive and meaningful theme, people would buy them...just as they still purchase movies and books, even though movies can be copied and books can be borrowed at the library.

Why do you think dinosaurs like Mick Jagger, Bruce Springfield, and Jimmy Buffet keep selling out concerts and having a following? Maybe, just maybe, it's because what they create for their fans doesn't s---.

Why shouldn't the kids download this junk? Even they know it won't be worth listening to two weeks from now.

Copyright law is no more than a tyrannous tool for
corporate America. If you have the misfortune of having your copyrights violated by them (as I have) ,you'll learn the hard way why it is my opinion having copyright protection on your individual work's is no more than a fantasy in reality.