RIAA paid lawyers over $16 million in 2008, recovered less than $1 million from suits

lol those dunderheads

How the hell are they still allowed to continue wasting money like this? After 2 years figures this bad, you'd think the gov't or the music industry would just tell em to stop.

personally, i think they deserves it

Must be a master mind behind that plan . Good work RIAA .

They lose more money on lawsuits or downloads, the company needs to open their eyes and see the truth.

You're all not looking at the broader picture. By suing a few people it causes fear. Fear keeps some from pirating, and puts them back in stores buying the media legitimately. Not that I am condoning massive lawsuits against your customers, just that they are most likely recouping the legal costs through increased purchases. In case you think "That will stop nobody" well smart guy, there are tons of Joe Shmoe's out there that don't want to be hassled with a lawsuit so they buy. I know a ton, in fact I've suggested to many to go legit just because I knew they were too dumb to not get caught (we're talking LimeWire users here). So the article can be a bit misleading as to if they are losing money or not. It isn't that simple.

At the same time, they are alienating the public and even their own artists. I wonder how much the record companies loose when someone like Trent Reznor of NIN or Billy Corben of the Smashing Pumpkins says, "F**K you record company, I'm starting my own label, giving my music away for free, and making a huge fortune on the concerts!" Performers do make money on CD sales, but it is a tiny percentage, even for a huge performer...most of their money is from concert sales, and if they could get more people to the concerts, they usually wouldn't mind loosing all CD sales.

The RIAA is a symptom of a greater problem...the record companies. There was a time when national and even international record companies were vital for the distribution of new music in a timely manner. Today they only slow it down...unless it is one of the synthetic boy bands or girl pop singers that they made in one of their labs; then they push the popularity to heights that most good performers will never see.

Originally posted by Bluevoid:

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You're all not looking at the broader picture. By suing a few people it causes fear. Fear keeps some from pirating, and puts them back in stores buying the media legitimately.

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From Collins English Dictionary:
Terrorist - a person who employs terror or terrorism, esp as a political weapon

Terror - great fear, panic, or dread

If their goal is to create great fear, and thus get people to pay insane prices for music, then they are terrorists.

If their goal is to create panic, and make someone stop pirating for a little while, then they are terrorists.

If their goal is to make people dread a lawsuit claiming that their laser printer pirated a movie, then they are terrorists.

Nothing in the definition says anything about blowing up buildings or killing people. I think it is pretty clear that they are terrorists.

It costs money to bully the public....

Originally posted by Bluevoid:

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You're all not looking at the broader picture. By suing a few people it causes fear. Fear keeps some from pirating, and puts them back in stores buying the media legitimately.

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Not that I am condoning massive lawsuits against your customers, just that they are most likely recouping the legal costs through increased purchases.

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Maybe artists should take note where the RIAA are spending their money. They've used the Poor Musician card to justify taking ordinary people to court and at the same time spend twenty times the amount thats collected on legal fees..
In any normal company these jerks would be fired for wasting company assets. These scumbags are screwing both ends the ARTIST and the USER. We all know who's running it all, the ones who get paid the most

Its about time the RIAA got an enema , its the ONLY way to wash away the sh*t . STOP the lawyers running the RIAA

Record industry Records they still make those.

Originally posted by Bluevoid:

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You're all not looking at the broader picture. By suing a few people it causes fear. Fear keeps some from pirating, and puts them back in stores buying the media legitimately. Not that I am condoning massive lawsuits against your customers, just that they are most likely recouping the legal costs through increased purchases. In case you think "That will stop nobody" well smart guy, there are tons of Joe Shmoe's out there that don't want to be hassled with a lawsuit so they buy. I know a ton, in fact I've suggested to many to go legit just because I knew they were too dumb to not get caught (we're talking LimeWire users here). So the article can be a bit misleading as to if they are losing money or not. It isn't that simple.

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