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Record Store Owners Blame RIAA For Destroying Music Industry

DESPITE the major record labelsâ€™ best efforts to kill it, the single, according to recent reports, is back. Sort of.

Youâ€™ll still have a hard time finding vinyl 45s or their modern counterpart, CD singles, in record stores. For that matter, youâ€™ll have a tough time finding record stores. Todayâ€™s single is an individual track downloaded online from legal sites like iTunes or eMusic, or the multiple illegal sites that cater to less scrupulous music lovers. The album, or collection of songs â€” the de facto way to buy pop music for the last 40 years â€” is suddenly looking old-fashioned.

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RIAA Announces New Campus Lawsuit Strategy – EXTORTION

AUDIOMIND / March 1, 2007

in response to this story……:

http://www.slyck.com/story1422.html

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Many people have become familiar with the mechanics of the RIAA lawsuit engine. One of the agents of the RIAA, such as Media Sentry, downloads a file from an unsuspecting file-sharer. A screenshot is made of the individual’s shared directory, or several files are downloaded to ensure a viable case. The individual’s IP address is then obtained. The RIAA then subpoenas the file-sharer’s ISP requesting the personal information associated with that IP address when the alleged upload occurred. The RIAA then informs the unsuspecting file-sharer of an impending lawsuit, but also gives the option to settle.