Lawrence Lessig's book Free Culture: http://free-culture.cc/freecontent/ http://free-culture.cc/freecontent/ gives an excellent exposition regarding this behavi

Lawrence Lessig's book Free Culture: http://free-culture.cc/freecontent/ http://free-culture.cc/freecontent/ gives an excellent exposition regarding this behavior of the RIAA and potential solutions to this problem. I highly recommend giving that a read.