Reply #27: Those songwriters who are smart about it will not renew RIAA.... [View All]

[Solon]

Contracts, which rip them off anyways. That is what the RIAA is upset about, they are going to lose the artists themselves soon, because the RIAA's method of distribution is becoming obsolete. The beauty of it is that the Artists and songwriters will now be able to SELL their OWN music at HIGHER PROFITS, but lower overhead than doing it through the RIAA. I have been boycotting the RIAA for over 5 years, because I REFUSE to buy a CD that cost 2 dollars to make for 11-15 dollars EACH. Hell some DVDs today are just as cheap, its getting ridiculous. An individual artist can now sell songs at 99 cents or less, giving the customer control of what songs they own(instead of buying blocks of 15 songs in albums, when you only wanted one song out of it), and the artist gets to keep more than 10 percent of the profit this time around.