Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Jarmo Lundgren:
> > And what about the "file transfer protocol" FTP?
>
> Yeah! FTP is killing recording industry!
>
> > I think somebody should design a file sharing program that really
> controls
> > the copyright issue with mp3s.
>
> The real problem isn't the lack of the copyright protection system.
> The real problem is how to easily pay for that mp3. I'd pay a buck or
> a couple of bucks for each track I download, if that was possible in
> some way without a credit card.
well, that's the idea of the Musis thing @Otaverkko,
but it ain't working right now ...
> > At this moment there are 2 ways to get
> > released music: 1. Buy expensive record, from which the artist gets
> only few
> > dimes. 2. Get it as an mp3, and nobody gets payed (except the
> phone company
> > and ISP). Either way the artist really doesn't get the money from
> his work
>
> Artist doesn't get paid, because there is no universal way to pay the
> artist.
when you go to a gig, it's hard to know who gets the ticket money,
I guess all the deals are different.
but if you buy the t-shirt ...
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