OT: the RIAA we know and love

[Will]

Hmmm... It seems I'm in that 8% as well. Too bad they just asked about "digital music" files, and not their source. Of about 1500 "digital music files" that I have, I own the CDs for around 95% of them. 2% were downloaded legally from places like mp3.com, while a measly 2% were downloaded off some P2P network. It used to be a much higher percentage in the "illegal download" column, but the crappy music was deleted, and the good ones I eventually bought the CDs for. It's also too bad for the RIAA that most of the music I get from independant labels or the bands themselves. I don't think their execs will ever understand potential customers that can't stand the mainstream, one-size-(almost)-fits-all, bubblegum pop music, and are actually computer literate. Unless, of course, the execs are replaced with people from the 18-25 crowd that are currently having fists shaken at them for knowing what the **** they're doing with that darn contraption on their desk.

The main problem with RIAA executives are they are computer illiterate. It's taken them something like three years to begin to realize that digital music is something they can make money off of, they just need to change their business plan to take advantage of the new infrastructure. They're still stumbling through trying to make things work, but IMHO, it will be another few years before most "illegal" downloading stops and the new business model takes its place.