CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America)

The name is just: Canadian Recording Industry Association

The comments about how the recording industry has robbed the musicians has no bearing on anything. The musicians freely enter into a contract with a music company which states what they can and can’t do in exchange for the money paid, including making the songs available on their personal websites…if an artist does not like the particulars of a contract they are free to sign with a different company or create their own.

The comments about folk-music performances has nothing to do with the issue at hand and I would challenge its validity anyway. Nothing prevents a musician from doing live concerts, but if a musician signs a contract and uses the music companies services to become a megastar then they are expected to honor whatever restrictions are built into the contract.

Instead of tired pleas about how the recording industry is hurting the musicians and how it really does not cost as much to pirate music, the articles should concentrate on how the industry is using scare-tactics and skirting the edges of the law and what the average person can do about them.