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The Difficulties of Distribution in Boycotting the RIAA

Starting in June 2005, I decided that I would no longer purchase music from bands who released albums on record labels that belonged to the RIAA. I have broken that promise, mostly because the RIAA is everywhere.
Take Downtown Records. On the "About" section of their official website, immediately after claiming that they are an "independent [...]

Let's Push Music Forward

The New York Times write about three albums coming out today (Coldplay's X&Y, the White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan, and the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business) and how they are symptomatic of the music industry's decadence:
The big record companies continue to insist that the only route to profitability is blockbuster sales of a few [...]