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

[Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD]

Somewhere about the same time that news organizations quit 
REPORTING the news and started MAKING news.

Both are really sore spots with me...

And you are most certainly correct on the graft and 
corruption angle.  Lets call the lawyers.  Oh yea, they are 
the source of most of the G&C.

Later,



At 12:40 PM 4/17/2007, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote
	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 "outlet" could purchase a yearly license,
based upon coverage area. Authors, composers, and musicians 
somehow got paid without any interference
from RIAA. It would be interesting to find out the truth 
behind RIAA's new presence in previously uncharted
territory. My bet is it's all about graft and corruption.

Further reading...
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061219/121441.shtml
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061026-8085.html



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