On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 11:52:40PM -0400, Stan Ryckman wrote:
> Whatever happened with the digital audio tape issue?... that's probably
> as close as anything to this. It was KNOWN that selling digital audio
> recorders and tape would lead to copyright violations. Was that finally
> settled out of court beforehand?
The media and hardware manufacturers cut a deal with the RIAA: for each blank
DAT or "Audio-Only" CD-R (for use in the new standalone CD-R home stereo
components) you buy, the record biz gets a percentage kickback by way of
"compensation".
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