I personally have purchased more tunes because of finding artists I never would have heard if it wasn’t for tunes being more accessible. Does anyone think the “industry” is really not getting paid? Hmmm, last time I checked it look pretty healthy to me. The artists that are hurt by file sharing are not even the ones the RIAA cares about. Do they really care about small independent artists. No they care about who is brining them the big bucks. Is Beyonce, Kanye, Lady Gaga going broke due to all this relentless file sharing. What a perpetual lie. If Kanye can buy an Island there is something wrong with their story. He and other artists may be an exception but really if things are that bad they wouldn’t be where they are!

Gone are the days when the record industry could sell a crappy album based on one hit song that was overplayed. Now we are more educated and informed and we are onto their lies.

I do think artists without big representation need to have a better voice but to think for a minute that the music industry is being raped by file sharing is ludicrous. Let’s see Napster was about 15 years ago….Yet the music industry seems to be thriving and doing better than ever. I don’t know numbers but all the EDM DJ’s making it big to Country Stars if they are going for broke can someone tell me how they afford their lavish lifestyles. Same bullshit the MPAA tries to say. Stars are still being paid millions of dollars…Adam Sandler makes millions off one awful movie after another. If the industry is going broke I doubt paying anyone a dime for a half a cent worth of entertainment would seem logical.

Same lies over and over by the RIAA and MPAA. They had such a great opportunity to embrace fans and file sharing and make it part of their industry. Until Itunes the labels were too greedy and stupid to get their act together to come out with one good idea to take the industry into the 21st century. Good for Apple – sad for them that they missed the boat. They are still missing the boat and it’s going to continue to sink. What they are doing is bullying people, the internet, companies, and fans. When I read about the RIAA I think of Nazi’s. Not exactly the team I want to be on. If they actually had a clue and approached things in a different way they would and could work together with the file sharing sites. It will be another perpetual war that will never be won!

A true artist wants their music hear no matter what. The RIAA represents nothing but greed, lies and control. Music should be heard & enjoyed and they are going to try to strip away the internet of anything they can’t control. What it will hurt in the end are the artists that may not have been heard in awhile, the small independent artists, the people who make music from the heart.

What would happen if the RIAA did NOTHING. People would find music and embrace it like they always have AND actually give their money to those deserving of it.

The RIAA needs to be called out and shut down.

Think about it…People, – children are even being fined MILLIONS of dollars for sharing MUSIC!!!??? Seriously, that is so twisted. IT’s MUSIC. It should be a compliment that anyone wants to hear your music. Are we going to have jails full of Music pirates who dared share the latest Lady Gaga tune or whoever.

The cards are stacked heavily against Google right now.