Why, because LPDad said so! And don't you ever forget it!
Just kidding my ol' friend and hero there. We used to say that back at the pasture all the time. And ya know what, he is usually right.
He is right here too. But, it is important that we remain wary of what new tricks that the desperate "suits" from the RIAA are up to. I am sure that Senator Hatch will come regret his comments this. Consumers have a long memory, and they will respond with votes, or lack there of.
I wonder if the RIAA has a clue about how many sales that their approach has cost them on the P2P issue. Had they embraced it, and worked with us, we could have all been happy campers, including the RIAA. Now we will never know. I too am quite sick on being called a thief by the RIAA & MPAA et. al. My feelings are this. If I bought it, it's mine. I didn't "rent" it. If I got something I want to share with a friend, then I will continue to do so. I would guess that about 75% of the music I have downloaded, I already owned on vinyl, cassette, or even 8 track. (yep, I
am that old!) and the rest, I wouldn't have bought anyway. So how can they honestly count that as lost revenue? They are grasping at straws. Long live the artists who make the music, and support them by going to their concerts. That is where their money comes from.
