Posted by Barry Margolin on 02/11/07 22:09

In article <m2ire9nrkw.fsf@qqqq.invalid>, shamino@techie.com (David C.)
wrote:

> 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.

Who suggested "negotiating" with the RIAA? The RIAA was brought up in
the context of their representative participating in a debate. The RIAA
is the mouthpiece of the record labels, which allows the rep to speak on
their behalf in a debate.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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