RIAA – why do you Hate Musicians?

Someone please, explain this to me. I just don’t understand.

Why has the RIAA been on a long-standing crusade against future artists who could be making them more money?

What I’m speaking of specifically is their position on internet TAB sites and giving instructions on how to play popular songs.

Now it seems this guy in some capacity makes money from giving guitar lessons – but not from his free instructional videos on how to learn popular music. Regardless, the RIAA has pressured him into taking down many of his free instructional videos citing that they are copyright violations.

Now, correct me if I’m wrong but a copyright violation is only a violation if the derived work contains more than 50% of the original. In this case the original work is a recording which is not present at all and should for all intents and purposes count for 90% or 100% of the work. I’m just postulating here and please have your bullshit-o-meter ready but I think that this man has done no ethical or legal wrong.

Worse yet he’s teaching the next generation of popular musicians! Why would the RIAA want to stop that? I’m sure they don’t think about that little issue very much. They’re just in defensive mode because they believe the world hates them as an organization for not giving them free music.

NO!

We hate you because you present terrible decision-making skills and harrass people using legally questionable tactics – sometimes completely innocent parties!

I buy my CDs still even though I can’t stand the organization that is connected to them. I buy most of them in the used CD store now and I’m not typically buying the newest chart-topper so I guess that’s what they don’t want. If the RIAA weren’t a bunch of bubble-gum-pop pushing terror-tactics using music wannabes I would like them.

*sigh*

Is this what being an adult is about? I find a new group of morons that piss me off every day it seems. Is it just me? Should I be swallowing the filth I’m given and become a soldier of neo-humanity? Disgusting…

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There are simply too many examples of stupidity on the behalf of music copyright owners to cite. I think the system is broken and needs to be fixed now.

In one example people running a café are being charged for live performers at their café even though they make no revenue from the performances!

A great site detailing most of the legal battles with this Charley-Foxtrot of an organization is The Recording Industry vs. The People.