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Can anyone name something positive about the RIAA?

losthadon	Date: August 17, 2002 @ 2:07 AM Anyone? I sure can't...shit
mtbatol	Date: August 17, 2002 @ 2:11 AM They make fresh brownies. I heard that Hilary Rosen can smash a beer can with two fingers and frequently uses the dandruff from her back hair to give the impression to people that she can make it snow
losthadon	Date: August 17, 2002 @ 2:14 AM from her back??? WOW is it also true that she once took up waitressing but got fired becasue she was caught replacing the parmasan cheese with hard skin grated off of her foot?
mtbatol	Date: August 17, 2002 @ 2:16 AM yeah... I should know because I was the one who ate... *sniff.. i can't go through this too tramatic.. the taste.. i can taste.. baaaaaah!!
losthadon	Date: August 17, 2002 @ 2:32 AM You have my sympathy. I almost tried a sample of her McDonald's food but I seen her squatting in the back before she tried conning me
PetulaClark	Date: August 17, 2002 @ 2:54 PM I was SO naive - thought they were just kidding." id="16096"> Back in the day, radio DJ's used terms like "record company mafia" all the time. I was SO naive - thought they were just kidding.
ebjcoat	Date: August 18, 2002 @ 1:59 AM good and riaa in the same sentance?
losthadon	Date: August 18, 2002 @ 2:06 AM hahahaa, good point indeed my friend.
RyanS	Date: August 18, 2002 @ 11:16 AM I was kinda thinking the same thing.. but the only way I could see using good and RIAA in the same sentence is something like this.. "The RIAA is gone for good"
losthadon	Date: August 19, 2002 @ 12:31 AM wowzaz...very good
mtbatol	Date: August 19, 2002 @ 10:30 PM hmmmm... I was thinking more like "The RIAA is good at screwing people" but yeah Ryan's is better
THEORIAN	Date: August 20, 2002 @ 1:47 AM writing RIAA on some toilet paper and whiping your ass with it inceases the performance of cleaning your anus..
losthadon	Date: August 20, 2002 @ 3:52 AM special quote!
JCASTELLAIN	Date: August 26, 2002 @ 12:41 PM +
Zahal	Date: August 26, 2002 @ 4:11 PM radio caroline faught against the mess of the record company mafia in europe. in the usa there was a scandal called payola this caused the situation we have now it only really exists in the usa though. listen to 30 minutes of japanese radio or russian radio and you will see my point they only play enough of the song for you to get the jist of it and then they say something like now go to blah blah blah and buy it and say you heard it here for a blah blah blah discount the russians speed up songs with a pitch contoller to make it sound somewhat normal but go faster. the riaa created payola and the us government smashed the system but to whoms favour not the radio stations or the djs or the listeners/fans no one knows who benefitted from the smashing of payola in the usa. what we do know is the most dismal radio system in the world is in the usa. we also know that clear channel communications has found that through the abuses of the riaa the radio stations are considered just as criminal as you or i if not in fact more. we thought we had it bad i feel for the big radio corporate monsters that end up paying per song cents on the head of a estimated listener base that may or may not exist at least we get nailed with real goods on us they get nailed for a prceived intent to provide content consistant to radio station broadcast. the big corporate radio monsters can afford it better than we can and while the world isn't good for them either. we actually have it the worst they loose a licence the people live on to survive another day we however get to be in gaol. what we can do is get together with them and tell them look we both suffer lets help each other get what you want because in gaol i can't buy anything you advertise and then your jocks don't sound that great from gaol either. howabout we club together with the big radio conglomerates to get what we want from the riaa. the radio conglomerates can serve us better because we are working with them and they know we can walk any time. its a thought because our collective rights are being pinched. oh this was about positive words for the riaa um on that point no sorry i can say anything nice about saddam hussain and riaa because your not suppost to poop where you eat and saddam and the riaa poop where they eat all the time and even live and sleep covered in the poop.
mtekk	Date: August 27, 2002 @ 11:09 AM nope
Wordsense	Date: August 27, 2002 @ 12:29 PM yea...they positively suck!
Defbyvolume	Date: August 27, 2002 @ 12:35 PM .
JCASTELLAIN	Date: August 27, 2002 @ 2:08 PM they have blood inside!(I think)
Svensta	Date: August 28, 2002 @ 8:46 AM Yes, I can. Their sales are down 5% last year, and it looks to be closer to 10% this year. This is a very good thing regarding them. They are getting poorer.
spyed	Date: August 28, 2002 @ 9:19 AM sure, the labels can name lots of good things. RIAA isn't the consumer association of american you know. -- AS
theguppykillers	Date: August 28, 2002 @ 9:29 AM if it werent for the riaa we wouldnt have any thing to bitch about
RyanS	Date: August 28, 2002 @ 5:35 PM lol good point gup
pog	Date: August 28, 2002 @ 6:54 PM They are kinda setting the corperate monopoly stakes higher... as far as pissing off consumers goes.
GrooveTonic	Date: August 31, 2002 @ 11:37 PM they give me something to be pissed off about.
leflaw	Date: September 1, 2002 @ 8:41 AM It rhymes with gonorrhea and diarrhea...
ChillinBuzz	Date: September 1, 2002 @ 3:18 PM and insomnia, dyslexia, clamydia, ewww!
thumbtack	Date: September 2, 2002 @ 7:52 AM Sure, They use Microsoft IIs server Version 4.0 which makes it easy to hack, apparently.
pressf8	Date: September 2, 2002 @ 6:56 PM Zahal, there's a period (.) key on your keyboard--find it and use it, please. Hint: lower right--next to the comma (another useful key!).
Svensta	Date: September 2, 2002 @ 9:59 PM Alt-f4" id="17268">Better yet, try this neato combination to get the "restricted" emoticons Alt-f4
creativetim	Date: September 2, 2002 @ 10:02 PM haha
pog	Date: September 2, 2002 @ 11:58 PM heheh. That always gets a laught in a chat room
pog	Date: September 2, 2002 @ 11:59 PM errm... laugh
Defbyvolume	Date: September 6, 2002 @ 4:19 PM They will eventually die!
Smoketomuch	Date: September 6, 2002 @ 7:33 PM "I AM THE GRIM REEPER"
CowgirlBebop	Date: September 6, 2002 @ 10:13 PM They're damn good at being horrible.
wallyadimeck	Date: September 7, 2002 @ 8:46 PM This one time, at band camp... oh ooops sorry. I thought you said something positive about band camp.
BabyZ	Date: September 8, 2002 @ 12:41 AM " id="17795">They wont die they can buy congress with all their stolen billions of dollars that they robbed from the name artists over the years $$$$$ to take away whatever rights anyone has left including signed artists. Stip buying their products, stop buying over priced CD's. All they care about is their bottom line, not yours, not mine and certainly not the name talent they have in their catalogs. RIAA believes that is their music not the artists, tis best to stay away from them. I am one who does believe in that the artists being paid for their talent but the RIAA also believes that the artists has no rights or very little rights for their hard work. I saw on the news recently how one of the girl bands way back when, 50's I believe signed a contact with one of the labels and by doing so they signed away "all their rights!" NEVER EVER DO THAT! That is a death trap. Now they are going to court and have been going to court for years. Damn, I forget the name of the group.
BabyZ	Date: September 8, 2002 @ 12:43 AM eek forgive spelling errors I'd fix em but there's no editing feature on here lol.
TheLostPreZ	Date: September 12, 2002 @ 4:26 AM nothing
icisnizz	Date: November 5, 2002 @ 2:46 PM Without the RIAA we wouldn't see Skakira's ass every hour on Much and MTV. kay...I tryied.
Remye	Date: February 25, 2003 @ 1:30 PM hrmm.. something good about the riaa? sure.. they apparently DID NOT try to talk Hilary into staying! that's good isn't it?
nemoorange	Date: February 25, 2003 @ 2:46 PM Rock the Vote
pog	Date: February 25, 2003 @ 9:05 PM I'm not so sure I fully understand everything there is to know about the riaa, but they say they're doing it because they're looking after the artist's best interests. I guess they're at least trying to appear to be looking after their own ppl, but the fact is they're running scared for making a regrettable decision to try and fight p2p... They may not ever back down simply because the argument is of benefit to both sides (riaa vs the p2p networks and their users) I can't help feeling that if the riaa continue to log i.p.'s of all the ppl using these networks, then they'll have an endless supply of ppl to sue in order to fund their capitalistic black hole.
RasMasta	Date: February 26, 2003 @ 12:33 AM I think I'll agree with the Shakira answer.
johnnygnote	Date: February 26, 2003 @ 4:48 AM Yeah! They don't hang out here and interact on DM's forums
Fiji	Date: February 27, 2003 @ 3:03 PM No, they really don't.
pog	Date: February 27, 2003 @ 6:52 PM So who makes up the hundred odd ppl that anonymously surfs dmusic all the time ? Just cos Im paranoid (who says Im paranoid!?!), doesn't mean no one's looking.
Remye	Date: February 27, 2003 @ 6:55 PM pog.. you're only paranoid if everyone is indeed out to get you. As to the question, they are probably just losers who dont' want join a bunch of music lovin, party havin, butt spankin, idea tossin fun lovers and have their daily lives revolve around dmusic forums... but that's just MY opinion ttmmm
Remye	Date: February 27, 2003 @ 6:57 PM and why was that even here pog?
johnnygnote	Date: February 27, 2003 @ 9:16 PM Well there's the CIA and then there's the RIAA both of them are peepin people.
pog	Date: February 28, 2003 @ 12:29 AM sorry about the reality check.... just sometimes I feel like Im behind the
pog	Date: February 28, 2003 @ 12:38 AM I meant to say... I do everything in my power to keep nosey people out, but there are forces out there that want to know what I'm up to, for whatever reason, whether it be advertising, policing, information research, whatever !?! I'm not happy about it, but I also accept it... To the point where I want to, (but can't afford to) be ignorant to it... havn't you heard ? It's bliss.
johnnygnote	Date: February 28, 2003 @ 4:35 PM I'm with you POG, I don't like people breathing down my neck to find out what I'm up to, now with the "Homeland Security" thought police it's getting more like that.
thumbtack	Date: February 28, 2003 @ 8:22 PM BTW their website appears to be dowen again....has been for several days..kind of interesting that reporters call me for RIAA information...And I'm more than happy to give it them....
Expose	Date: February 28, 2003 @ 10:01 PM Their copy protection SUCKS.
thumbtack	Date: March 2, 2003 @ 12:19 PM Confirmed, I heard from the RIAA this morning that their website is indeed again down. (they responded to an inquiry)
Jennae	Date: March 2, 2003 @ 8:04 PM
pog	Date: March 2, 2003 @ 8:26 PM
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 2, 2003 @ 8:30 PM
Expose	Date: March 3, 2003 @ 7:14 PM That their site never works.
jmweirick	Date: March 3, 2003 @ 9:08 PM one good thing about the RIAA is that they give us something to talk about.
mtekk	Date: March 4, 2003 @ 6:15 PM Gnutella.com is unregistered (doname name) right now, and if not renewed in a few days will be deleted?" id="35454">that's true, hey did anyone notice that Gnutella.com is unregistered (doname name) right now, and if not renewed in a few days will be deleted?
jmweirick	Date: March 4, 2003 @ 7:15 PM they just renewed it acording to what it says on my end, they say it will be back up in 72 hours.
Expose	Date: March 4, 2003 @ 7:17 PM gnutella.com ... the best site for the worst network. " id="35461">gnutella.com ... the best site for the worst network.
jmweirick	Date: March 4, 2003 @ 7:26 PM hey, i like gnutella. if more people would use it it would be great.
pog	Date: March 6, 2003 @ 5:56 PM I think decentralised servers are too lossy... i.e. try gnutellanet on a 56k dialup
ronnie71	Date: March 7, 2003 @ 12:57 AM RIAA
pog	Date: March 8, 2003 @ 9:29 AM so I take it you can't ?
jmweirick	Date: March 8, 2003 @ 9:46 AM they give p2p networks an enimy to unite against and make us stronger.
Veracohr	Date: March 8, 2003 @ 4:58 PM I'm new here, so I found it funny that there is a whole forum devoted to how much the RIAA sucks. So because I'm new, I'm allowed to make a blunder or two, right? I'll start my blundering by giving an ACTUAL (not sarcastic) good thing the RIAA has done: The RIAA curve.
Expose	Date: March 10, 2003 @ 9:58 PM Unless they're doubling my anemic upload bandwidth, nope :rofl:. " id="36236">"they give p2p networks an enimy to unite against and make us stronger." Unless they're doubling my anemic upload bandwidth, nope .
RasMasta	Date: March 15, 2003 @ 8:55 AM I'm sill sticking with the Shakira shaking her ass option.
jmweirick	Date: March 15, 2003 @ 10:20 AM nice one ras.
Vertices	Date: March 15, 2003 @ 11:54 AM Yeah... actually, now that I think about it... the RIAA has helped spread the word the downloading ispossible (I didn't read above, so not sure if someone mentioned that), but they've helped secure some of the best, most respected press, tv and radio, that's out there.
RasMasta	Date: March 15, 2003 @ 3:42 PM Well I didn't know about Napster until MTV reported about it being sued.
jmweirick	Date: March 15, 2003 @ 7:13 PM i didn't know about napster till it was dead, that was when i tried to download it.
CountryMusikMan	Date: April 19, 2003 @ 11:17 PM nope
icisnizz	Date: April 20, 2003 @ 2:30 AM Shakira, I miss cable.
Karmatic	Date: April 20, 2003 @ 10:09 AM they gave kazaa widespread advertising inadvertantly. they told the public that "people were downloading FREE music, WHENEVER they wanted"
sinai	Date: April 20, 2003 @ 3:52 PM well, they are a good laugh...does that count?
SoulBeats	Date: April 20, 2003 @ 6:23 PM They're site is a good practice site for hackers.
jmweirick	Date: April 20, 2003 @ 8:36 PM they give file sharing publisity.
pog	Date: April 21, 2003 @ 1:23 AM Now I think back, napster was awsome... right up until it went public. Then it was full of greedy ppl who leech and don't share, then it was closed. Kazaa's up to stage 2.
DJRzonE	Date: May 19, 2003 @ 9:47 AM They Blow Goats man,
Electroharmonix	Date: May 20, 2003 @ 12:15 AM something good about the RIAA? N3V4R!!!
VampireMoon1369	Date: May 20, 2003 @ 12:01 PM :vampire::moon: " id="46570">yeah, that curve thingy Veracohr mentioned. I thought the RIAA started out setting standards like 33 1/3 rpm and 11" and stuff. What speed do cassette tapes run at? Did they set the 44.1khz 16bit standard? Are they gonna be left behind when some hackerz come up with a whole new standard that becomes worldwide thur the 'net? I want more fidelity and less space then a WAV plz, can I have fries with that?
AgentSquishy	Date: May 22, 2003 @ 1:07 PM The only good thing I can think of about the RIAA is that, as shown in American Idol last night, they're the people who hand out the gold and platinum records to the million-sellers.
lordanhetes	Date: May 22, 2003 @ 3:44 PM damn those guys who punished the U.S. students for running a filesharing service! may they ROAST IN HELL
funkybeans	Date: May 23, 2003 @ 12:39 AM i haven't heard 1 nice thing yet about the RIAA on D music or anywhere not that i think about it ... there all a bunch of wankers
JaggedAlibi	Date: May 23, 2003 @ 8:03 AM I have something nice to say about the RIAA. Opps wait no I don't
AgentSquishy	Date: May 25, 2003 @ 1:13 PM funkybeans... go fuck yourself.
Electroharmonix	Date: May 25, 2003 @ 10:44 PM hey, watch with the language, dude. we don't wanna start a flamewar, eh? oh yeah, I just remembered what nice thing there is about the RIAA...if I can get it back in my brain again, which is impossible. meaning, there's still nothing nice about them.
ronnie71	Date: May 25, 2003 @ 10:55 PM that they suck thats always a good thing
Tudris	Date: June 23, 2003 @ 6:41 AM Umm... Their.....uh.....website........cough.....ummm...It has a neat, uh...design......... Crap, nope. Sorry, they don't win anywhere.
GeneHilbert	Date: June 25, 2003 @ 11:35 PM They can take an adventuring young ambitious, talented, free thinking artist. Entice, exalt, motivate, inspire, rob, cheat, mislead, overwork, bend, shape, contort, confuse, demoralize, confound, exhaust & discard them when satisfied. Another fine day.
leflaw	Date: June 25, 2003 @ 11:49 PM How's this - If you put Gone in front of RIAA = Goneriaa If you put Die in front of RIAA = Dieriaa YECCHHH!!!!
GeneHilbert	Date: June 26, 2003 @ 9:40 AM too funny - excrete in stereo
PaBlikMM	Date: June 26, 2003 @ 2:50 PM Rest In Peace
Equimanthorn	Date: June 27, 2003 @ 4:13 PM When people love a band or a particular cd, they buy it. The problem with mp3 (from the industry point of view) is that people can preview (or "prehear") all the crappy stuff featured today and, of course, decide not to buy it. They prefer the classic radio-single scheme because in that way consumers can be tricked to buy a whole record just because of one "good" song.
TameasDust	Date: July 11, 2003 @ 4:16 PM very interesting
wlfhcommishjava	Date: July 21, 2003 @ 6:07 PM whats been good about the RIAA? they've shown us what bad business is. in the RIAA case, we all should learn, don't attack your consumer base, unless you want your company to go under. instead adapt to new technology or face extinction. just like the horse drawn carriage when the model t came around, the horse drawn carriage couldn't adapt thust faced extinction. The RIAA is very much the Horse drawn carriage and the p2p networks are the model Ts. if the riaa don't adapt they will find themselves extinct. sorry RIAA, the p2p networks are here to stay, and much like the automobile, it will get better and better and better. by attacking the fan base, they have sped up there extinction.

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