Michaelwagner Wrote: > If the law were to be construed as you say, artists would get no > royalties and the business of recorded music would collapse I agree with your interpretation of the law. When you sell your legally-bought CD to someone else, your right to retain copies on other media ends.
But your "common-sense" rationalisation of why the law is that way is not realistic. The simple fact is that the overwhelming majority of recording artists receive little or no royalites - the recording industry (fourth most corrupt institution in the world after organised crime, government and religion) sees to that via it's "standard operating practices". The only artists who ever receive fair return for their work are (i) superstars, and (ii) those very few who are savvy enough to refuse the initial advance and fund their own recordings, thus retaining ownership of their own work. This is not meant as encouragement to obtain music illegally. I am merely pointing out that by breaking the law you're not hurting the artists; rather you're hurting the recording industry. -- cliveb _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
