In the UK, libraries DO have to pay some sort of book version of the RIAA every time a volume is checked out.
No difference. How can a person steal something without leaving their house? The material is here to listen to, just as every picture you download is there for your pleasure.
If an entity doesn't want to share their products, then they should not release them to the general public.
Recordings when played on the radio, are advertisement for the artists. What company would want to supress advertisement?
If artists made a resonable percentage of sales, I might change my mind, but they are like the farmer. The have no choice but to go through these parasites to have their music on the radio. The labels may sometimes put up money for production and recording fees, but all that money is paid back by the artist.
Soon, the internet will change that, and they will be rendered useless.
Any artists that agree with the riaa over the consumer is a bought and paid for whore.
The question should be....."If you had a website that would allow consumers to buy your products directly from you, and you could make 3 to 4 dollars per unit would you use a service like that?
Who works for who? Who made the RIAA the gatekeepers? These people need to get a life.
Parasites, all.
The music is free. Enjoy it. Pay to see the artists live. That money is theirs.
My point is that downloaded music is advertisement. I also just bought ANOTHER copy of the Doobie Brothers hits.
Try finding Mark Gray "The Left Side Of The Bed" in a music store. It's at Kazaa. End of story. Case made.