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Tell the RIAA where they can go
You can't throw a CD in the blogosphere without hitting a post full of venom aimed squarely at the RIAA. They deserve it too. With their heavy handed lawsuits against children and an insatiable desire to obliterate fair use and personal privacy, there is no disputing that RIAA is the epitome of everything that is wrong with the music industry. Unfortunately, talking about the RIAA's evils is about as far as the conversation usually goes. The RIAA could care less if people just talk about how evil they are, the only way to make them listen is to grab them by their pocket books and make them listen. While no one person could ever hope to put a dent in the RIAA's cash flow, if enough people are willing to forgo buying music from RIAA members maybe, just maybe, we could get the RIAA to pay attention and realize that we are sick of their crap. I would like to join Adam Frucci from Gizmodo in asking you, my readers, to boycott the RIAA in March.
Now, just because you are boycotting the RIAA doesn't mean you can't buy music. Adam suggests services like eMusic that offer DRM free Mp3 downloads from some fantastic independent musicians and labels (I use eMusic and love it, you can check out my review here), though I suggest checking with RIAA Radar to see if the music you want to download is being put out by an RIAA supporting label as there are a few of them on eMusic (though not many). If you prefer either a different download service or to buy CDs, you can again use RIAA Radar to see if the music you want to buy will help line the RIAA's pockets. Even if your favorite band's music is all RIAA'ed up, you can still support them while sticking it to the RIAA by seeing them live and buying their merchandise.
Affecting the RIAA's bottom line may seem like an impossible task, but the more people that take part in the boycott, the stronger the message we will send. So, get the word out. Tell your friends, bookmark this post in del.icio.us, digg Adam's post over at Gizmodo, put an announcement on your MySpace page, email your friends, shout it from the roof tops, whatever. Just spread the word to as many people as you can and stand with us in March and tell the RIAA we are sick of their crap and we are not going to take it any more!
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: Boycott the RIAA in March @ Gizmodo
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