Will someone please explain to the recording industry the difference between
my being able to record the same artist's performance from an FM Tuner to MD
compared to recording it from Napster to MD ? Either way there is now no
additional cost to me after purchasing all the necessary not inexpensive
equipment, nor should there be.
It would appear that it's alright from the RIAA's stance that in the case of
the FM Radio they have been able to extract their royalties from the
broadcaster but in the case of Napster it's not alright since they haven't
been able to do so ....so far ? They must really salivate when they ruminate
on the "audience" numbers that could be gleaned from Napster's download
figures.
The discernible difference to me personally is that Napster permits me to
have a choice to what <I> want to listen to right there and then, as opposed
to having to listen to maybe an hour or two's worth of music ( to say
nothing of the excruciating advertising ) in order to garner a pleasureable
three minute cut. If I choose to retain those three minutes then that's OK
if it's radio but not, according to the RIAA, if it's Napster. I do happen
to have a sizeable 45,78,LP,CD,Cassette library nonetheless.
The crux of the matter is that the RIAA wants the same pound of flesh from
Napster as it gets from the radio broadcasters. Then let them sit down and
agree to terms. RIAA, this is the 21st Century, and besides this being what
contemporary "radio" should evolve to, a matter of programming CHOICE, don't
stand in the way of progress with this dog-in-the-manger attitude and adopt
the stance that if you can't make any money from it then throw out the baby
with the bath water.
As paying through-the-nose consumers we have had enough of TV and Radio
so-called "programming" just being a vehicle for advertisers to annoyingly
peddle their wares, and WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT ANY MORE !!!!
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