jgvp wrote:
> You're missing my point. I can record from FM Radio because the RIAA have
> struck a deal with the FM stations, so it costs me nothing. Let the RIAA
> strike a deal with Napster and it still won't cost me anything. Nor should
> it, if FM Radio doesn't.
There is just one problem, the radio stations have advertising that pays them so
that they can pay the record companies.
I don't see any source of income for Napster. There are no ads on Napster.
There is one other difference. Each time a record is played on FM it goes out
to who ever is listening or recording at the time. You don't have any choice
for the most part as to what and when it will be played. So it is easy for the
record company to compute a flat charge for each time a song is aired.
But Napster is different. If it charged money I suppose that you could call it
"Play per View". You, the recorder, decide what and when a song is going to be
downloaded. This doesn't mean that some agreement couldn't be worked out. But
it would not be as simple as the radio station. You just can't compare the two.
Since the person doing the recording has the say as to what they will record, it
seems to me that they will have to have a certain amount of financial
responsibility for what they select. I don't care if the agreement is as low
as a penny a song. As long as an agreement is set in place making it legal to
download copyrighted mp3 files.
As far as the person on the list who mentioned not being willing to pay for
compressed music (I apologize for not remembering who said it), I see your
point. When you record off of FM you are recording compressed music (the music
is rolled off at 15,000 hz). But it doesn't cost you anything. Then again, how
many times does the DJ start talking before the end of the song?? FM is free to
record from because you are getting total crap. Mp3 on the other had is (in the
words of the great philosopher Sidney Schneps) "a better type of cheap junk".
Larry
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