Shafted ARTist -know your enemy

OH boy do I love stories like this… The RIAA (read Ripoff Industry of Arrogant Asses) agreed to a settlement with a client they were in the process of suing. They agreed to a fine for the apparent misdemeanors, however when the final papers were handed in the RIAA(insert above text here) had DOUBLED THE FINE for no particular reason apart from their opinion that it ‘wasn’t ENOUGH’

Now of course the Judge who has a previous record of Kicking the ass of the RIAA when they assume the law owes them just happened to be the judge presiding over this trial…. BIG OOPS. The Judge all but threw them in Jail for their stupid stunt.

Thank goodness the law is getting just as sick of the petty tactics of the RIAA, while the public is sick of fine harvesting and the musicians are disillusioned with RIAA support.

Um… today’s post seems a little extreme.

The article talks about how some students are dropping out of school to cover the vicious fines that the RIAA has been posting out to universities.

The whole story seems a little over the top, but still… if its on the internet or in the news then it must be true.

anyways,

here it is for your browsing

Our friends over at Ripoffreport.com cover many scams and ocasionally there is an article that is relevant to our industry.

This article talks about a highly sophisticated bogus radio scam that targets musicians willing to pay to have their music played on a collection of radio stations which create their own music charts with some of the biggest names in current music.

Sounds good you say, what is the scam? the radio statons aren’t hat they are presented as, some of them exist but many of them are not music stations or only play music at specific times.

Read more about the scam here.

matt.

edit: This article is still developing as there is contention about whether or not this is a legitimate complaint or just one angry consumer. What have been your experiences with the exposure that comes from using NRP?

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You certainly want to VISIT The original article to see what comments are being written at the moment.