[tdadams]

it's high time for ASCAP and RIAA to realize that they are the candlemakers at the dawn of the electric light. The world doesn't need them anymore. More to the point: Artists don't need them any more.

I always see posts like this from people who are obviously not in any way involved in the music industry. This assertion is just laughable. I don't know any major artist who would prefer to do all the work that ASCAP, BMI, the RIAA, and the Harry Fox Agency does for them.

[Ramius]

I always see posts like this from people who are obviously not in any way involved in the music industry. This assertion is just laughable. I don't know any major artist who would prefer to do all the work that ASCAP, BMI, the RIAA, and the Harry Fox Agency does for them.

Hehehe... OK. Stay tuned. We shall see. I'm curious... of the total gross for a "major artist", how much does the Artist really see? ...and how much of the take goes to ASCAP, BMI, the RIAA and the Harry Fox Agency (whoever they are)?

Marketing is overrated. Get used to it. :-)