[tdadams]

You confusion is only a consequence of your lack of knowledge in this matter.

A person buying a CD for their own home and a business playing a song for the public are two distinct and separate situations and shouldn't be held to be similar. Therefore, however many people buy the CD for their home is irrelevant to the value of the music for the business owner. The business owner is putting the music to a different purpose and so it's legitimate to charge him differently for that music.

A product (music) is priced according to its value to the specific user. For a business owner (that uses the music to bring in customers) to expect to pay no more for the product than a consumer listening to it at home is absurd. It's of more value to him and he should pay accordingly.

[gitmo]

You confusion is only a consequence of your lack of knowledge in this matter.

I've noticed in your posts that you're exceedingly arrogant and condescending. (1) I am not confused. (2) Lack of knowledge doesn't seem to be at issue. This issue is what is right and what is wrong. If I have a lack of knowledge, you have not pointed out what knowledge I lack. I suspect the lack of knowledge is on your side.

A person buying a CD for their own home and a business playing a song for the public are two distinct and separate situations and shouldn't be held to be similar. Therefore, however many people buy the CD for their home is irrelevant to the value of the music for the business owner. The business owner is putting the music to a different purpose and so it's legitimate to charge him differently for that music.

Music is not a commodity. It is a product. You cannot charge differently for a product based on what the purchaser intends to do with the product. You can reduce prices for volume purchases, but to discriminate in pricing for any other product would land you in prison for price-fixing. Somehow the music industry has convinced congress to make exceptions for them. This is wrong.

If I manufacture a product, let's say an air freshner, I cannot charge more for that air-freshner if the purchaser intends to use it in his restaurant as opposed to using it in his home. Once I purchase the air freshner, it is mine to use as I see fit. I can use it to freshen my home, my car, an outhouse or my business.

A product (music) is priced according to its value to the specific user. For a business owner (that uses the music to bring in customers) to expect to pay no more for the product than a consumer listening to it at home is absurd. It's of more value to him and he should pay accordingly.

Again, this is price-fixing. The fact that the congress has written laws to allow price-fixing for the entertainment industry doesn't justify it. It is still extortion using the legal industry as the hired gun.