[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Artists are already releasing their own music on MySpace webpages and such.

Stick a fork in the RIAA.

[Borges]

And that music is being shared in P2P networks. The Artists never make much money off of it.

[ByDesign]

"Artists are already releasing their own music on MySpace webpages and such.
Stick a fork in the RIAA."

There's also a groundswell of resentment in the industry with artist's for the actions of the RIAA in "their" name, when they know that little if any of the proceeds of the lawsuits will end up in their pockets.

I'd love to see the accounting for the "damages' they've collected in the name of specific artists, and how much of that actually went to said artist, if any.

The RIAA and the labels have only themselves to blame.