The RIAA cares about creative people

That is why the RIAA sue what they do, you'll recall: it's not about protecting their drinks cabinets and plush carpets and company cars. Oh, no, the RIAA just wants to make sure that people who create great music get paid.

How much they get paid, of course, is irrelevant - which is why the RIAA is cheerfully supporting plans to cut the cash going to songwriters for digital sales from 9 cents to 8 cents. Using the 'illegal file sharing is equal to stealing a CD' model of moral equivalence, this is like syphoning petrol from a songwriter's car.