[BC] Where did the RIAA go off the track?

[Bill Smith]

The same way the FCC went from a technical regulatory agency to controlling
content and wardrobe malfunctions...

Bill

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> Subject: [BC] Where did the RIAA go off the track?
> 
> 	Does anybody know how the metamorphosis from the RIAA curve to the
> RIAA hijack actually occurred?
> Many broadcast "old-timers" remember when the RIAA was a standards
> organization. They codified recording
> standards and defined what "gold" or "platinum" sales represented.
> Author's licenses were handled by
> ASCAP, SESAC, and BMI, etc. That way, a radio station or other