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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
At the beginning of the recording industry the means of production and distribution were expensive. Recording studios invested a lot of money, and got a return on their investment.

Now that anybody with a PC and Cakewalk can produce the same quality product and distribute it for free, that business model no longer applies.

The money isn't going to the artists, anyway. It goes to the RIAA and big corporations.

11 posted on 12/02/2011 11:53:39 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Holding our flawed politicians to higher standards than the enemyÂ’s politicians guarantees they win)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Last year I bought a music CD off of Amazon.com. When it arrived it was burned on a Lightscribe disc so I sent a message to the company about it being a copy.

It turned out the “company” was the actual artist and he mailed me a signed CD cover.

16 posted on 12/02/2011 12:04:18 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Last year I bought a music CD off of Amazon.com. When it arrived it was burned on a Lightscribe disc so I sent a message to the company about it being a copy.

It turned out the “company” was the actual artist and he mailed me a signed CD cover.

17 posted on 12/02/2011 12:04:39 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Meanwhile, YouTube is a virtual jukebox, any song you can think of is pretty much out there.


23 posted on 12/02/2011 1:00:22 PM PST by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)
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