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Moby has sent a reply to the (almost) $2 million judgment against Jammie Thomas-Rasset of Minnesota for sharing 24 songs yesterday, calling for the RIAA to be disbanded.

argh. what utter nonsense. this is how the record companies want to protect themselves? suing suburban moms for listening to music? charging $80,000 per song?

punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business. maybe the record companies have adopted the ‘it’s better to be feared than respected’ approach to dealing with music fans. i don’t know, but ‘it’s better to be feared than respected’ doesn’t seem like such a sustainable business model when it comes to consumer choice. how about a new model of ‘it’s better to be loved for helping artists make good records and giving consumers great records at reasonable prices’?

i’m so sorry that any music fan anywhere is ever made to feel bad for making the effort to listen to music.

the riaa needs to be disbanded.

Moby as an artists knows what it feels like to not get payed for work you’ve done and published (sometimes having it stolen from your computer or having bootlegs released before the date) and yet he knows there is another option.

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