The music industry has always been unethical and even found guilty of operating illegally a few times (price fixing for example.) The song swapping IMO finally evened things a little bit and they got a taste of what they been dishing out, not only to artists but also to consumers.
I think the MTV music awards really put things in perspective to a lot of people. To see Britney and Madonna literally w.hore themselves out for the music industry was a good illustration of whats really been going on for a long time.
I hope the RIAA suits just convince more people to stop buying CDs. The entire industry needs to just accept that their business module never really worked and is need of major revamping.
