Hell, I couldn't give a care about the cost of local CDs, those are just fine, but when I'm going out and paying 31 freaking US bucks on a single CD German import that's highway robbery. Over the last five years I've purchased a total of 10 new CDs, all of them are thanks to the likes of Napster and others. It's not from movies, it's not from radio (no good stations here in Kansas City anyway), it's from the online audio sharing do I get my new music from. Why is this? Because along with anarchic_teapot, I'm sick of the BS pumped out in droves by the RIAA.
I'm not up with the old standard artists either, they've all but sold out to the RIAA signing their soul away to the "devil incarnate". I haven't seen one good new talent to hit the normal radio stations in the last two years. I loved Ugly Kid Joe, till they sold out and made a second album. I used to dig Anthrax until they were censored all to hell (starting up a posse). Even my friends that I grew up with in Puddle of Mud sold out... they are all arrogant bastards now anyway, nothing like the old stuff.
We the people are not the puppets in which to toy with. We have the right to choose and the right to our own opinion. This force feeding crock that keeps coming from the RIAA is old and needs to die a horrid death. If you ask me, I'd rather see the RIAA get killed off before MS or AOL.
"Come on in kid, sit down and have a cigar, with your looks and my talent I can see we will go far." - Music Lyrics that actually made sense
/me hands soapbox to the next person in line.
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