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AllofMyMP3?
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:40:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
I don't recall whether it's BMI or ASCAP, but one of them collects fees
from bar owners who include karioke in their activities. Unbelievable.
ASCAP threatened to file an action against our local high school band
because they played something other than "public domain" tunes at free
concerts ... insanity.
That and the pure greed of weasels like Jimmy Buffett who loads up his
"new" albums with old songs I have bought many times before, have
allowed me to sleep just fine with my bootlegged tunes.
I happily shell out the bucks for new struggling artists (check out
Wanda Johnson on Amazon, if you like blues). I don't have the same
regard for multimillionaires who screw us at every turn to make more
millions.
BTW if I already bought a song, don't I still own a license for it if
the original media takes a crap? Even Bill Gates, the king of
intellectual property litigation, will replace a defective CD.
Most of the MP3s I have are songs I have bought at least once and some
I have paid for on vinyl, 2 kinds of tape and a CD.
These people don't sell "music", they sell plastic.
The whole "record" industry is clinging to an obsolete business model.
Music on little bits of plastic is a 20th century phenomena. It is the
21st century.
When Napstar was released and they were going hot and heavy against
pirates, RIAA told the girl scouts they could not play the Macarana at
scout meetings without paying a royalty. Now that is tight controls.
What if the Girl Scout Troop buys a copy of the Macarana?
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