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Re: Collapse of the music industry?
said by maxpower : What's next Mr McGuiness? Should companies that make CD-R's pay the music industry too? Actually, they already do.
IIRC, if you buy a stack of CD-Rs and the word "music" is anywhere on the packaging, the music industry (more specifically, the RIAA) gets a cut of the purchase price.
If, on the other hand, the CD-Rs you're buying only purport to be suitable for "data backups," (or whatever) the music industry doesn't see a dime.
The whole "media tax"-thing really started when the music industry (again, read RIAA) complained bitterly that Home Taping Is Killing The Music Industry. They lobbied (and got) a "recording tax" put on blank cassette tapes under the asssumption that each and every tape that people bought was, invariably, used to record an album and "steal" music.
Even, of course, if the person making said tape happened to own the album in the first place and merely wanted some way to play it in the car without having to buy yet another copy of something they already paid for. |
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maxpower
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And is it just my monitor, or does it look like Mr McGuinness had a few too many McGuinnesses before that picture was taken?
He sure does... What's next Mr McGuiness? Should companies that make CD-R's pay the music industry too? Maybe Apple should also, since everyone that listens to music has an IPod. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to Jeffrey
What has started to collapse is the major record companies' cartel that used to allow them to treat recording artists like indentured servants. Bono is the biggest sell-out of all time. |
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join:2007-01-08
Bowie, MD
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Amen brother.. I want Lazy Boy to start kicking in some funds to cover my mortgage 
Edit.. ooops.. something went horribly wrong, this was supposed to be attached to another post... (2 or 3 comments above.. I am too lazy to rewrite it there....) |
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said by ptrowski :That really cracks me up. As far as I can see there has not been a collapse... Excellent point. The music industry has had a bad run recently, but it has to be someone else's fault right? It's not because the music being produced today sucks, right?  And I'm a fan of U2, been since 1982 or so.
And is it just my monitor, or does it look like Mr McGuinness had a few too many McGuinnesses before that picture was taken?
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