[ConservativeMan55]

Boycott the RIAA! Take a stand against these money grubbers!

[SamAdams76]

The RIAA is biting the hand that feed them. I just purchased two CDs yesterday. The new Dierks Bentley CD due to sampling some of the songs on Kazaa. The only song I heard on the radio by this guy was "What Was I Thinking" and that alone was not going to get me to buy the album. When I discovered that the other songs were worthy, I grabbed it at Wal-Mart yesterday. Also, I picked up the new CD by Rodney Crowell after sampling his "Time To Go Inward" online. I was made aware of Rodney's new album but a posting on a newsgroup. I'm a big fan of Crowell so I knew I'd like the album. And I was not disappointed when I took it home. I highly recommend it.

Point I'm making is that if I relied on radio or (shudder) MTV, I wouldn't own either of these two albums today. The Internet is the best promotional tool the record industry has and it has the potential to sell millions upon millions of albums for them. So what if people end up getting some songs for free? How many of us taped off the radio back in the day? FM radio used to play entire album sides. I made many tapes off the radio back in the 1970s. As a result, I own most of those albums as CDs today.

The RIAA is so afraid somebody might get something for nothing that they are doing irreparable harm to their long term survival with these kind of tactics. I believe the expression is "cut their face to spite their noses."

[chainsaw]

We'll Spare the Small Fry RIAA

A discriminatory approach - Yes. I believe this type of selective targeting is illegal. All are guilty but they will only prosecute some of them.