The RIAA is nothing more than a money hungry group of individuals that didn’t get to roast enough ants with a magnifying glass in their youth. While protecting 85% of American recording artists’ work, they seem to be looking for money and control, via intimidation, like so many other tyrants.
I am a car audio installer, and have been for a long time, and couldnt imagine buying more bass testing songs every time someone ran off with my disc, and I don’t know but a few people that actually go out and buy music from a store or online.
I don’t see how you can protect the artists from a few hundred million to a billion people, downloading music and videos illegaly via peer to peer file sharing. with a loss of about 95% of their potential earnings, I can see why the RIAA is so pissed off, but to fine someone (Jammie Thomas) $1.9 million for 24 songs, what is that??? That’s garbage.
If she couldnt pay that, and was held in contempt in exchange for $50 per day, she would be in jail for 104 years! How is that just? But If you shoot someone, and get sentenced to life in prison in almost any state, a life sentence is a minimum of 25 to 30 years. So I ask this to the RIAA, Should I be more afraid to download music than to shoot someone?