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# Does The RIAA Care About Artists Getting Paid?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/does-the-riaa-care-about-artists-getting-paid/
- Published: 2010-11-02T12:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-11-02T12:50:00.000Z
- Description: In the midst of the discussion about Anonymous and the RIAA, one Hypebot reader had this candid statement to say about the RIAA: "The RIAA doesn't care about the artists. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/11/does-the-riaa-care-about-artists-getting-paid.html]
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[![image from www.wired.com](https://a7.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f5845c3f970b-50wi "image from www.wired.com")](http://www.wired.com/images%5Fblogs/threatlevel/images/2009/04/13/riaalogo.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

In the midst of [the discussion](https://www.hypebot.com/anonymous-declares-war-on-riaa-over-limewire/) about Anonymous and the RIAA, one Hypebot reader had this candid statement to say about the RIAA:

"The RIAA **doesn't care about the artists they represent**. The money they have made suing individuals for downloading music rarely makes it **into the hands of any of the artists they represent**, most of it goes to paying the exorbitant salaries of the RIAA staff and lobbying the government for **more control over their industry**."

At a time when the RIAA denounced LimeWire for not caring about creators being paid for their works, one reader thinks the RIAA is the biggest "pirate" of them all. **Do you agree? Are they completely wrong to say this?**