Thursday, November 13, 2008
Dear RIAA
Sent: May 16, 2008Recording Industry Association of America
1025 F St. NW 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20004
Dear RIAA,
I want to thank you for clearly marking which artists you represent by putting your name on their CDs. I believe an informed consumer is empowered consumer. I also believe you guys are evil beyond words, but I am sure you've heard worse, and hell, I've had the same thing said about me a time or two! But with clear conscious I have decided to never again buy a CD from any artist that is a member of your terrorist trade organization.
In fact, I intend to cull my collection of any artist represented by the RIAA. There's enough music out there, being put out by ethical artists, artists with talent and integrity, artists that care about their fans, that I no longer feel the need to support rat bastard music labels. Your name has become a scarlet letter (four actually), but you've earned the scorn.
Go to hell.
Oh, by the way, from an accessibility standpoint, your website really sucks. What kind of moron would build a nearly entirely monochrome website? I mean gray text on a gray background. This alone tells me you guys are loons!
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Jorgensen
p.s. http://www.riaaradar.com/
No response as of 11/13/08.
My reaction:
Wow, look at me actually be an activist for once and use my power for good! Mom always told me I could be a good boy if I only applied myself.
I have nearly stopped buying any music. Not because of this exactly, but because there just isn’t anything out there I want anymore. I still buy in disc when I do buy (maybe 5 or 6 discs a year). I do intend to no longer support RIAA artists. Sure, I might be punishing the wrong people, but to paraphrase Edmund Burke...All that is necessary for the RIAA to succeed is that good artists do nothing.
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Posted by cjorgensen on 11/13 at 06:00 AM
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