You know, from now on I'm gonna quit buying CDs and just send money directly to the artists I like...Rule Reversal: Blame It on RIAA.
Golly, this whole issue pisses me off and it makes me mad that interest in yet another example of the few major record label/entertainment conglomerates in this country run roughshod over the rights and wishes of everybody else - consumers and artists alike.

Remember the evil corporation in Robocop?

Record companies! Do you remember what happened to the people who ran that company?