Many musicians have complained that they don't see any revenue from the RIAA. The best place to investigate/learn about this IMHO is techdirt[1]. Unfortunately

Many musicians have complained that they don't see any revenue from the RIAA. The best place to investigate/learn about this IMHO is techdirt[1]. Unfortunately a lot of what happens within the RIAA is private to the RIAA so it's hard to know who is getting the money. Since many artist complain that they don't see any money from online sales it could be that the record label absorbs the money and that the RIAA is not at fault. Given that the RIAA attend court with numerous lawyers I doubt they make that much money from the lawsuits they win (assuming the defendant doesn't have to pay legal fees of course). 1 - http://techdirt.com/ http://techdirt.com/