Life began long before money rewards come in many different forms. However music industry enterprises around the world don’t survive without money. It’s a shame that large corperations don’t seem to care about anything more then the figures they recieve weekly from their accounting department.

Well all those CEO’s out there who read these forums… If you want to see those losses that your accountants forcast to be millons of dollars you just keep sueing. It seems to me that you have all forgotten the strongest marketing point “Word of Mouth” and the “Six degrees of seperation”. Guess what…. I haven’t….

BTW nice post riaasux

I also never supported suing families or little girls. I think that’s way over the top. In fact I didn’t even mention the RIAA although they’re obviously implicated in all of this. The artist though does (or should) have the final say in how or even if their music comes to surface. This should be true of work produced by anyone in any field of endeavor. It’s yours by virtue of the fact that you created it; without you it wouldn’t exist. Fans determine whether or not a musician becomes popular and many fans are unwaveringly devoted to their favorite musicians. But this doesn’t give them any rights TO the music they enjoy.