as long as humans are greedy and self serving.

Interesting you say this, as I was going to reply to your earlier post and note a problem with "pure capitalism" is its underlying assumption that nobody is ever motivated by anything other than pure self-interest and/or greed. Both its success and its issues in America result from this assumption. I think the problem with the RIAA claiming to represent the artists whose IP is being appropriated is that many/most artists/musicians aren't driven to create by greed.