Comment Competition for the RIAA (Score 2, Insightful) 670
Have you ever wondered if it's possible to set up a competitor for the record companies that comprise the RIAA? Say... if you had the billions of $$ that Bill Gates has and you decided you just wanted to f*ck with the RIAA, you could set up a large-scale online music distribution system, a marketing arm to promote artists, and a recruiting arm to bring the talent into your agency. You could then proceed to just beat the RIAA in their own market.
I suppose this could fail on two counts: a) there's no way to be profitable on the same scale as the RIAA without protecting your assets through the same tactics they're currently using (which I doubt most of us believe) or b) to have the Gates-type bucks to do this you have to be such an unscrupulous bastard that you'd be no better than the RIAA anyway.
I suppose this could fail on two counts: a) there's no way to be profitable on the same scale as the RIAA without protecting your assets through the same tactics they're currently using (which I doubt most of us believe) or b) to have the Gates-type bucks to do this you have to be such an unscrupulous bastard that you'd be no better than the RIAA anyway.
