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To: wizzler
Think about all this in terms of individuals -- people who depend on the protection provided by copyright to feed their kids -- and maybe you'll start seeing things differently.

The actual creators of the music have been beefing for years about how tiny their cut of the CD price is after the gross has been filtered through the kidneys of innumerable Hollywood middlemen. They have found that the only creative thing in Tinseltown is the accounting. They're going to be first to support any online sales scheme that gives them a larger percentage of a lower price. Look at the runaway success of Apple Music Store, which is just the first attempt at such a scheme.

315 posted on 06/18/2003 1:01:27 PM PDT by BlazingArizona
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To: BlazingArizona
The actual creators of the music have been beefing for years about how tiny their cut of the CD price is after the gross has been filtered through the kidneys of innumerable Hollywood middlemen. They have found that the only creative thing in Tinseltown is the accounting. They're going to be first to support any online sales scheme that gives them a larger percentage of a lower price. Look at the runaway success of Apple Music Store, which is just the first attempt at such a scheme.

I think that's absolutely wonderful. Makes you proud to be an American, yes? A place where individuals are enterprising, and where individuals are free to take a risk at making money with their talents and ingenuity. It's a beautiful thing.

What's not beautiful are people who voluntarily sign contracts and then "beef for years" about the terms of the contracts they signed. That's the yucky old victim mentality that we conservatives are supposed to be decrying all the time, 'member?

It's all pretty simple: If you don't like what's being offered, don't sign the contract. Additionally, if you later believe the terms of your contract have been violated, well, there's a reason they invented civil court.

320 posted on 06/18/2003 1:13:25 PM PDT by wizzler
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