Beware the wrath of the RIAA. No, really. Now they're really going to sue individual file-swappers. Can we say stupid? In the first place, they can sue, but these people don't have money. Sure, it may stop them, but more will show up in their place. If the industry wants to raise sales again, they need start with the root of the problem. Lower the price of cds, find better quality of music and don't just market it to teenyboppers because, hello, we're all not mindless airheads having emotional breakdowns because the boy next door looked at us the wrong way, and stop treating all file-sharers like criminals. Many people, myself included, like to sample music, have to sample music before we decide whether we do want to pay 20 bucks for a cd. It's a bit tiring let alone expensive having to pay for a cd that only has one worthy song. It's just not going to happen.
If the RIAA does begin suing, then I think there should be a boycott. Let the greedy bastards bleed.
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You said it sistah! I'm trying to remember the last time I bought a CD that I could listen to, without skipping a song, all the way through. It turns out I haven't been able to do that since CD's came out! The last time was a freaking cassette tape by Def Leppard. Maybe I should see if they have it in CD to make the RIAA feel better about the music industry reaming consumers for so many years.
Posted by: melissa | June 26, 2003 10:28 AM
I have bought a few cds. But I've purchased them after I've listened to them on Kazaa, because I know it's worth buying.
Stupid RIAA
Posted by: yasmín | June 26, 2003 9:30 PM