Originally Posted by gideongallery

most artist don't support the RIAA sue the fans policy
in fact in canada and Europe there are actual trade organizations setup to specifically go against the policy.

http://torrentfreak.com/moby-the-ria...banded-090620/
moby just declared that riaa should be disbanded

radio heads agreed to testify against the riaa for a student accused of copyright infringement for their songs.

the fact is when the record company is taking such a lion share of the royalties, forcing you to pay all of the production cost (including 20+ hour cost for $7/hour grunt work) authorizing file sharing for personal use is the best way to self promote your music.