I've been under a real tight deadline and have had to sit on the sidelines with this debate. However, I just have to ask about this one....
On 26 Feb 2002 at 19:15, Kakki wrote: > I was unsure because I have seen cases where the RIAA intervened on > behalf of the artists in royalty disputes involving the record > companies. On closer reflection, it may be that the artist has to be > tied to one of the big record companies to begin with to receive their > help! > Do you recall what those cases were? The RIAA was very duplicity in the beginning of the whole debate about music trading and new technology by implying that they were looking out for the artists' interest. They later recanted that statement because they do not now nor have they ever represented artists. Ever. They have always been a lobbying group for record labels (they do have some members which are not majors). Take a look at the board of directors. ( http://www.riaa.org/ - look under about us and leadership) With the exception of Dick Griffey, everyone on that list is affiliated with a major label group. So the only way I could see them intervening on an artist's behalf in a dispute with a label is if the artist owned the label, that label was an RIAA member and they were having a problem with another label member that was their distributor. Brenda n.p.: the hum of my floor lamp
