Tomek
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the vast majority of the profits made from each download go back to the RIAA
Can I say: WTF?
Not only that they don't host, distribute or promote the service, still they earn load of money.
Can I-tunes and other services place RIAA in court under Sherman's antitrust?
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Penguins
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If so then everything is fine. Nothing to see here.
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KrK
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The problem is the royalties are just way too high.
The RIAA thinks they deserve a dollar per each copy, no matter what format, and no matter who provides the service.
What a ripoff, pure greed.
There's no doubt the main obstacle to easy to use digital music downloads for reasonable prices is the RIAA itself--- who, after all, want to protect their stranglehold on the distribution system. They aren't really interested in seeing services like iTunes survive. They want control over all themselves--- and the ability to price-fix anything.
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| By allowing this kind of business to happen while price gouging they can say that they are open to it and when it fails they can just say I told you so. Meanwhile they made a killing. I wonder if I listen to an Atom & His Package or Causey Way song if that money goes to the RIAA even though these bands are not connected to them in any way.
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PunkGod
join:2003-02-02 | reply to Tomek
I don't care about anything else. All I have to say is the RIAA needs to go down. Hell each person in the RIAA could retire with the money they have made. |
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