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pHaestus · 08-07-2003, 05:26 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3117505.stm

BBC writer has some reasons very different from file sharing for dips in RIAA revenues. I think they are reasonable.

http://negativland.com/albini.html

Explanation for how the music industry works from someone who has been involved in it for decades (Albini produced Nirvana FYI)

My $0.02: I look at mp3s as being the modern equivalent to radio. The RIAA does too, to a point. They think that they are entitled to revenues just the same as if the music was being broadcast on airwaves. The difference? A radio station sells advertising and makes money by having music playing. MP3s do not. I just find it ridiculous that I am able to take a cassette tape that I own and legally convert it to crappy quality mp3 by running it to line in on my PC, but if I download 256kb mp3s from the web of the same exact songs that I have broken the law.

08-07-2003, 05:26 PM	#4
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Some of my favorite recent links on the subject of RIAA http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3117505.stm BBC writer has some reasons very different from file sharing for dips in RIAA revenues. I think they are reasonable. http://negativland.com/albini.html Explanation for how the music industry works from someone who has been involved in it for decades (Albini produced Nirvana FYI) My $0.02: I look at mp3s as being the modern equivalent to radio. The RIAA does too, to a point. They think that they are entitled to revenues just the same as if the music was being broadcast on airwaves. The difference? A radio station sells advertising and makes money by having music playing. MP3s do not. I just find it ridiculous that I am able to take a cassette tape that I own and legally convert it to crappy quality mp3 by running it to line in on my PC, but if I download 256kb mp3s from the web of the same exact songs that I have broken the law.