Re:Control this RIAA!! (Score 1)

You know what's funny. The RIAA and music industry sure doesn't have a problem with a record store selling millions of CD's and whatnot...Then the stores buy them back...and sell the cd again. I mean, isn't that illegal as well? They're selling the same merchandise TWICE, and the musicians and record companies are not getting any more kickback, because they're not buying NEW cd's from them. Just reselling ones already sold. SO...in a sense...they're stealing money from the artists and music companies. "The Warehouse" formerly Warehouse Music is the LARGEST supplier of these. They're also doing this with movies. What bugs me, is they are griping about all this thanks to Metallica's original Napster issue. What happened there? We went to Kazaa and Limewire. Fact is, as long as there are programmers, and information that is obtainable to computers, there will always be hacking, cracking, and ripping. Now, Granted we shouldn't give away other people's property, but once we purchase the damn thing we own a small copyright to it. And another thing...Isn't it only illegal if we're getting paid for it??? And...we're not duplicating the music, we're merely transfering to a different media. It's not copying...because when you have CD...it's considered ".cda" format. And another thing...If they wouldn't make concerts cost so damn much money...Then maybe people would be able to afford to goto a concert and decide weather they like a band or not...rather than pirate one or 2 of their songs. I don't see the RIAA or whoever going after Ticketmaster for adding the $10+ service charge per ticket they sell for not cutting them in on that...Or...maybe they are getting a cut of that...hence why they're able to do it... so...a 20$ concert ticket turns into 30+ ....The Music audience is just taking something back since we have to give so much just to see and hear our favorite music... DOWN WITH THE RIAA!!!! ~Peace