Sam Smith - Leach lobbies like RIAA and MPAA live off the illusion that what they do is not replicable in a fairer manner. This isn't true.
For example, musicians could form their own cooperative to record, market and lobby. Using techniques such as MegaUpload was working on before being brought down (and which probably scared the bejesus out of RIAA) the music industry could be transformed over time into a dramatically fairer and more artist friendly business.
The dirty secret of the industry is that we have passed what might be called album peak. Just like the MPAA tried to stop the new technology of VCRs, so RIAA is trying to prevent inevitable technological change.
The future of music is in uploading, downloading and file sharing. The problem is to find a fair way to do it. RIAA won't help but musicians could help themselves.
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And exactly what do you think ASCAP and BMI are about?
"What Is ASCAP?
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 427,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership.
ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music."
http://www.ascap.com/about/
Uh... Bandcamp?
The only missing component is a pool of money to spend (waste) on marketing.
RIAA is the spoon feeding the lazy public. Cheap, independent music is already tangible.
Do we need to replicate the spoon? I say just destroy it.
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