Lawsuits, RIAA, and Ilegal File Sharing

I found a great blog that is following the progress of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

I'm in support of the people in most of these cases, but I don't have anything more than a general knowledge of this issue. Regardless, I think it's ludicrous for the RIAA to bring so many lawsuits against individuals. That's probably because I don't see anything wrong with file sharing for music.

The only reason this became an issue was because of whiney, spoiled music artists, such as Metallica . I would bet that artists make a small portion of their profits on record sales. I would assume the large portion of their profits would come from playing concerts and contract agreements.

Although I think people should be able to share music freely, I'm not so sure about movies. Movie's main profits come from people paying to see the content. Without people purchasing movies or going to the theatres, they wouldn't have a profit. On the contrary, music artists can easily make money in ways other than record sales.

The RIAA is a joke. They need to disband and have their employees get real, honorable jobs. Enough putting innocent people behind bars and into bankruptcy. Stop the RIAA!

-Kyle