> The RIAA collects royalties on all music, whether or not the artist is signed to one of their labels[0]. Whenever there's an inflammatory post like this on t

> The RIAA collects royalties on all music, whether or not the artist is signed to one of their labels[0]. Whenever there's an inflammatory post like this on the Internet that implies obvious injustice, it behooves us to do a little more research. As with most such articles posted around here, there's always another side of the story. A collection of comments from Slashdot, of all places, that explains this: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/1530851/#Comment_1530851 http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/1530851/#C...