David Draiman, lead singer for Disturbed, had some very direct things to say about the RIAA himself in an interview that was posted to Launch this month:
("This is not rocket science--instead of spending all this money litigating against kids who are the people they're trying to sell things to in the first place, they have to learn how to effectively use the Internet." Draiman asserts that the actions taken by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are protecting corporate profits, not artists: "For the artists, my ass...I didn't ask them to protect me, and I don't want their protection." )
Kinda says it all I think...

http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=214602