Comment Possibly but... (Score 1) 495
It is important to realize that the same artists could easily avoid the record companies and distribute online thus avoiding the multiple layers of, largely obsolete, record label middlemen. The industry is changing, and the fact that the RIAA members continue to find ways of ripping off the artists should not come as any real surprise. The less attractive online services seem to artists the more the companies can maintain control of the artists by continuing to serve their traditional role selling buggy whips to car owners.
