They can. They can identify their markets and develop a marketing strategy. They can make every effort to adjust to current market conditions so they are able to stay in business. They can treat their customers and suppliers with respect so as not to alienate them.

Most importantly, if they continue to alienate both their customers and suppliers, they can go to hell.

Because they are a pack of parasites and we don’t need them anymore. That’s why!

Shit to whoever read this.

This post is copyrighed. If you read it you must pay me for this or you are a pirate RIAA agent!

RIAA agent all other the place. We are infested with parasties and cookroaches.

Honey bring me the bugs killer spray!

Hey. I give good advice daily. I dress pretty and people look at me. They enjoy it.
Do you think that I should sue these people ? - they don’t pay me anything!

When the RIAAs use the term “steal” when the correct term is “copyright infringement”, then isn’t that called “fraud”?

Here is an essay with a description of fraud:
http://www.123student.com/2124.htm

“What is a Fraud? A fraud is when one party deceives or takes unfair
advantage of another. A fraud includes any act, omission, or concealment,
involving a breach of legal or equitable duty or trust, which results in
disadvantage or injury to another. In a court of law it is necessary to prove
that a false representation was made as a statement of fact, that was made with
the intent to deceive and to induce the other party to act upon it. It must be
proven that the person who has been defrauded suffered a injury or damage from
the act.”

Fraud on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud
“In criminal law, fraud is the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage them – usually, to obtain property or services unjustly”.

It sure fits the description of fraud…or am I missing something?

That’s a neat idea.
Why don’t the record labels compensate their artists then ?
After all, it’s the artists work, right ?

As has been said, many times before ……
Just because I bought the CD doesn’t mean the artist got ANY compensation for it.
Rights Holders alsmost NEVER = Artist.

If I listen to someones work for free, and it sucks, I am grateful I didn’t shell out
good money for it.
This happens if I listen to the radio .. for free as well as downloading.

By comparing the most downloaded files chart with the largest sellers chart from the
same time period it becomes apparent.

If people like what they hear, they buy it.

No more buying full CD’s of suck.
That’s scary for the labels.

There are a LOT of free outlets for music, turn on your HD radio, sat radio, terrestrial
radio etc.. Do you HONESTLY think the ARTIST gets any revenue from that ?

None of this has anything to do with stealing.
If you steal bread, the original owner no longer has the bread to eat.
Steal gas, the gas station no longer has that gas to sell .. etc.

Copyright Infringement is what it is.
Copyright infringement does not = Theft.

Never has, never will

A download does NOT = Lost sale, never has, never will.

Using the word ‘theft’ in place of the proper term of Copyright infringement is
a deliberately misleading use of the term theft for reasons of deception.
A propoganda campaign.

Your Photoshop example is another instance of Copyright infringement, NOT theft.
The People who sell Photoshop do not lose their copies.
There is also NO EVIDENCE that a person who downloaded Photoshop would have
purchased it.
Not theft, Not a lost sale .. Copyright infringement.

Doesn’t belong with the other examples that involve actual physical property.

Cable infringement is another animal altogether, but still is NOT THEFT.
It is a form of infringement in that it does NOT deprive the Cable company of
anything tangible.

Continually using terms that are deliberately incorrect is inflammatory AND dishonest.
Knowingly using dishonest language could make one appear to be an idiot.

You’re using a false analogy, just like all these idiots who run the industry. Unauthorized sharing is copyright infringement (if anything); theft is theft. Please try to learn the difference.

Cheers!
Liam