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Just who's is in Charge??

Jennae	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 6:24 AM Here's a question... we all hate the RIAA for the terrible things they say and do, but, who do the RIAA answer to?? What exactly are the reponsibilities of the RIAA? and to who??? Who do _THEY_ work for?? Exactly how does this heirarchy of Industry music flow?? I mean has anyone ever stopped to wonder who the RIAA has to answer to?? Who's Puppets they may be?? And what is payola?? WHY is payola??? just some questions to stir some up.
Lcrowley	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 2:44 PM the represent the record industry ... so I would assume they are the record industries puppets .. it flows from whereever the money is !! ha ha ha ha I woul dlike ot know what Payola is ... the definition of it as well ..
Jennae	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 4:34 PM heh yes as you should learn WHAT payola is anyone else care to learn?
Veracohr	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 5:36 PM Payola is a label or whoever paying a radio station to play a song.
jmweirick	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 8:20 PM "we all hate the RIAA for the terrible things they say and do, but, who do the RIAA answer to??" The labels they represent. "What exactly are the reponsibilities of the RIAA? and to who???" Their responsibility is to protect the labels they represent and ensure a monopoly for them. "Who do _THEY_ work for??" If you haven't already gathered this, they work for the labels they represent. "Exactly how does this heirarchy of Industry music flow??" small labels
jmweirick	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 8:24 PM DARN IT!!! let me try that last part again. "Exactly how does this heirarchy of Industry music flow??" small labels-their owners-RIAA labels-the large corporations that own the RIAA labels i have no idea what payola is. in all actuallity the RIAA is just a puppet, they are meant to be a lighning rod for the Big Five.
woodhead	Date: November 26, 2003 @ 9:45 PM yea and the scary thingis they have laws passed in our country and 4 of the 5 are not even in this country. They should be banned from doing this the bastages. Oh and Payola is when a record label pays a radio station owner to have their songs in heavy rotation. There fore cutting out the indie artist and making it harder to get radio play. IN all reality the net does scare the RIAA simply for the fact that with the internet you do not need a lable to get exposer. Did you know that Michelle Branch was a hit long before she was signed to a label, all shedid was go to web sites of others "artist" label "artist" andjoin the forums and talked about her music andgot ppl to go to her web site. there fore creating her following on line. Also Her first video was on AOL months before it was on mtv or on the radio, she had som many request for it that aol started showing it, and she had no record deal, this is cool, andwhy I think the RIAA and the labels are trying to crush music on the net, and get control of it, so this doesnt happen again. Just my thought on the matter.
Gothic-Angel	Date: April 13, 2004 @ 2:39 PM My question is this. This dude is being paid by the RIAA to hunt down criminals, doesn't that make him a vigilante? Or at least a mercenary? Last I checked vigilante activities were illegal.
luapwr	Date: April 13, 2004 @ 4:32 PM Vigilante or Mercenary doesn't fit, I think the word most suited for this would be "Bounty Hunter".