I didn't quite mean it that way, so I guess I sould clarify it a bit.

In general, the cost to produce music has gone down drasticially since music started to be sold on records. Meanwhile, game costs have risen dramaticially over the old days from the Pong era. To say we need to get rid of the game publishers and equating them to the RIAA doesn't make sense when the two industries are going in opposite directions. Also, the RIAA does have a lot of musical control, however, it would be better to say record labels = game publishers. The closest thing the game industry has to the RIAA is the ESRB group.

The Valve/Vivendi situation is a mess. I think it is an important one to watch though, as what happens there could change the game industry drasticially. Personally I don't see a good guy on either side in it.