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Story: Record industry mounts IM campaign against file swappers

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The only people hurting the record industry are the record industry themselves. Increasingly all they are interested in is pumping the latest new band for the latest generation to cling on to. The cheapest way to do this is the over produced talentless designer band, and don't let any band continue to be successfull. Established bands can demand a greater cut of the profits.

I have a friend in a major recent UK indie rock group. They released three very successful platinum selling albums. When it came to the fourth equally well reviewed album the record company withdrew nearly all of the touring support and refused to even release enough of the singles to allow the songs to enter the charts.

The RIAA don't give a f**k about the artists. They are concentrating on the single most profitable teen market and forgetting about the other bread and butter markets. That's why their sales are down.

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