Fuck the RIAA

[unixronin]

It's becoming a more common sentiment.  Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has come out as a big supporter of direct music distribution via the Internet.  He has publicly complained that CDs are too expensive, and told fans at a concert to go ahead and steal his music.

This comes on the heels of Reznor quitting his record label, and Radiohead releasing a digital version of their latest album via the Net and asking fans to pay "whatever they think it's worth".

Hey, 100% of $3 vs. maybe 3% of $15, even assuming your record company doesn't cook the books so that you never actually see any of it at all?  It's a no-brainer.

Fuck the RIAA.

Comments

[mazianni.livejournal.com]

Only bands that have already made a name for themselves are going to be able to release their material through the web and expect to make any money off it. And frankly, if they can't make a living making music, they'll find something else to do. That's one thing that bugs me about music piracy. If you pirate all the music from your favorite artist, and enough other people do as well, their label drops them because they aren't selling albums. Which means your favorite band is probably no longer making music. By all means, please everyone download as much puerile pop music as you like without paying for it. ;-)

Even Radiohead's management admitted that the download was a publicity stunt (http://idolator.com/tunes/the-not_so_new-model/radiohead-management-to-fans-please-buy-in-rainbows-on-cd-please-309627.php) to sell more copies of the physical CD.

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

Trent Reznor also said that he had been a member of Oink, and that it was the best online resource for music.