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The RIAA is fighting to maintain an outmoded business structure in which major record labels' presence as a middleman was convenient for artists seeking broader
by ubernostrum 15y ago
The RIAA is fighting to maintain an outmoded business structure in which major record labels' presence as a middleman was convenient for artists seeking broader visibility and distribution.
It is no longer the case that an artist must sign away all of their rights and virtually all the resulting revenue from their work merely to get their music distributed, so what purpose does the RIAA serve?
- earbitscom 15y ago> merely to get their music distributed That is correct. Distribution is such a small part of what a good record label does for you. Even if you want to believe that an artist can do all of the things a label can do for them, that's not to say that they want to, or that they can do those things while successfully continuing to do what they do best - which is make music. Just because a handful of artists have achieved success without a label does not negate that the most successful artists today are still using them. Take it from someone who works with hundreds of labels - the best ones still add tremendous value. The RIAA fights for the rights of labels, and by default, some of those rights are shared by artists.
- earbitscom 15y agoI'll also point out that the people who have achieved the greatest results without a label, NIN, Radiohead, etc., were already famous, due in no small part to their prior labels.
- ethank 15y agoWhat is your opinion on other trade associations?