Finally. Some sense comes out of the record industry. In this press release, Nettwerk records announces it is defending a music fan who downloaded their songs from the RIAA. Rather than side with the RIAA in their assinine fight to assault anyone who dares listen to music without paying THE $MAN$, Nettwerk records has struck back saying that, "Suing music fans is not the solution, it's the problem."

Rather than accepting the new reality and supporting those who act as free ambassadors of the music that makes them money, the RIAA chooses to attack anyone who refuses to accept their "traditional" model of distribution. Of course, in another moment of clarity, Nettwerk points out that "Litigation is not 'artist development.'"

Last year, profits were way up for the music industry. So what are those greedy bastards at the RIAA complaining about?

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