On Thursday 22 July 2010 01:10:01 Linux Lingam wrote: > there's millions of rupees being made out of music even today, and > you're paying for it without being aware of it. > most of you probably have 'caller ringback tones', often paying Rs > 15 per month or more (do the math for a year or more) for 2 minutes > of tinny-junk to be heard irritatingly by someone who calls you. > > most of you buy mobiles which ship with pre-loaded music, er... > it's part of your sales-price. > > another movement for disagreeing on the EULA on this would have to > be launched. > > a few pay for caller ringtones too. > > hotels, restaurants, and public-places pay yearly licenses. > i often grin with glee in the bathrooms of 5-stars, where they pipe > in music. that's some money literally going down the drain,
;-). Until a few years ago, you bought a prerecorded tape and piped the stuff in your establishment. This did not constitue "public broadcast", which was specifically banned. However as revenue dried up, the crooks calling themselves music companies, started demanding seprate licence fees for playing music in commercial establishments. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
