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Your takes on the RIAA

Date: March 8, 2005 @ 7:52 PM

Hello, my name is Charles Ma, and I am a sophomore
currently writing a social issues research paper. In my research, I have been
trying to contact many independent musicians and find their individual takes on
the issue of copyright infringement. If you would be so kind as to take a few
seconds from your time, and answer the following questions, it would be much
appreciated. If you would like to remain anonymous, please state so. Thank you
in advance.

1) Have the actions of the RIAA affected your exposure to the public? If so, in
what way?

2) Have peer-to-peer programs and file sharing in general affected your exposure
to the public? If so, in what way?

3) If you found your work "illegally" featured on a peer-to-peer site or
program, what would be your reaction?

4) Do you believe that the RIAA is right in the principle of combating copyright
infringement?

5) How do you feel about the manner in which the RIAA is dealing with the issue
of copyright infringement?

6) Do you believe that there are alternative, less controversial, and generally
more effective way to deal with copyright infringement? If so, what?

Once again, I thank you for your time.

spiralmux

Date: March 14, 2005 @ 9:02 PM

I may be too independent to be useful, but I'm bored, so you're getting my responses.

1. No. I live under a rock.
2. Not to my knowledge.
3. I'd be thrilled that someone liked my music enough to share it.
4. I believe the RIAA has the right to try to combat copyright infringement. However, I don't believe that it's in their best interest.
5. Suing your customer base is never a sound business practice.
6. Yes. I would adopt a "do nothing" policy. File sharing is free advertising. Sure, some people abuse it, but that's more than made up for by the many more people who use P2P networks to find good music. This enables them to buy more music, knowing beforehand that all of it is good.

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