Posted by David C. on 02/11/07 06:20

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>>
>> The RIAA is a lobbying group. They don't actually control any music.
>
> Who are they lobbying on behalf of, if not the companies that make up
> the recording industry, which is mostly the "big 4" that Jobs referred
> to? So doesn't an RIAA rep effectively speak for the people who control
> the music?

You're confusing cause and effect.

Record labels (including the "big four") are paid/voting members of the
RIAA. They dictate the RIAA's policy. Not the other way around.

If you want to change something, you negotiate with the record labels,
not with the RIAA. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time.

-- David

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