[AeWingnut]

I'll never forget the flap over the PMRC w/ Tipper Gore. Frank Zappa was complaining that while they were out there talking about labeling music - Algore was in the back room giving a private industry the ability to tax us. What he was talking about was the royalties that were being paid to RIAA ASCAP or whoever for blank media. For every sale of blank media they got a percentage. I remember when CD-Recorders first came out. Only CD-Rs marked "For Consumer" would work and they were more than $7 each while CD-Rs that you use in the computer were only $1 - $1.50 each. Why ? Because the demChiComCrimocrat Algore is a corporate statist.

SACD DVD-A surround sound Cds are more difficult to copy but they are barely being marketted. If they really were concerned about piracy they would push the new formats

[Gil4]

...royalties that were being paid to RIAA ASCAP or whoever for blank media....

I've heard about this but I don't know exactly what the provisions of that law are - does anyone know where I can get details on this? (I thought it applied to cassettes as well.)