Law too often is the codification of greed (Score 0)

That analogy works well with slashdot anti-RIAA sentiment, but it's not completely accurate.. the RIAA isn't just some big stupid bully, it has the full support of United States law. It sees a multibillion dollar cash cow and it's milking it- this is not the RIAA's fault, it's the government's for allowing it to happen. Actually, the RIAA is a big stupid bully. The government too is a big stupid bully. The RIAA is a bunch of mafia type lawyers who have agreed to protect the parasitical recording labels against the free distribution of an artistic work that niether one of them created. The government has codified their racket into law most likely because these racketeers have agreed to grease the politicians with lots of money. The real question is is how should artists make money and how much money should they make? If a song is popular should an artist make more money from it. Do artists create to make money? If an artist's motivation is to make money is their creation art? Is a heavily promoted tune where many times its production costs are spent to make people believe that it is more important than it is objectively, make it art? Should we believe that the free market system is good for art? Should everything be commodified where all triangulation is on how much money can be made?