[Poohbah]

Most people aren't downloading the entire CD.

True, but the claim was that ALL the industry produced was crap that no one wanted to listen to.

The RIAA-bashers seem to think that if you simply took all the money out of the picture, A Thousand Flowers of People's Artistry would instantly bloom.

It's WEIRD running into Marxists on FR...

[B Knotts]

True, but the claim was that ALL the industry produced was crap that no one wanted to listen to.

I sure don't want to listen to it. It's all dreck, as far as I'm concerned. They've ruined "country" music. It's now a kind of suburban-wife-pop-hits.

But I have no dog in this hunt, I suppose, as I don't have broadband and can't get it, since I live in the sticks. Still, I don't think it's fair to charge people a fee on the assumption that they are going to violate copyright.

[Shethink13]

The RIAA-bashers seem to think that if you simply took all the money out of the picture, A Thousand Flowers of People's Artistry would instantly bloom.

I direct my post #150 to you as well. Is it your contention that before the RIAA, no music existed that was worthy of appreciation?