On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:03:39 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > * "Simon Mackay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 20 Sep 2000 > | With all the fuss regarding Napster and MP3; why are the record companies so > | worried about copyright? In a sense, it is all about control of where the > | music is heard! > > No, it is about how much money the record companies get. Quite. And perhaps more importantly the precedents behind which they get money. But in fairness, whoever owns the copyright, owns the copyright. Desire for the material doesn't necessarily make any difference. Surely they have this right, and shouldn't they? > To wit, take a good long look at what Courtney Love is up to, demanding her > slice of the Universal vs. MP3 pie. She'll get nothing from Universal, > which really shows that the record companies are *NOT* doing it to protect > their artists, but their profits. Perfectly understandable. Perhaps not that which most would be sympathetic with - but at the end of the day, they are entitled to charge what they like, for what they sell, and with the principle of copyright - they own it. Simply the desire for others to have it, doesn't have any bearing on whether they should be able to have it, or a reasonable price for which they should be able to obtain it. Neil _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
