Jeff Waugh wrote:
This is probably better off on slug-chat, but given that you've raised it here: What exactly is objectionable in these articles? They seem entirely balanced, reasonable and well-informed to me.
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But in a connected, digital world, the threat to copyright holders is far greater. Witness the downfall of the music industry in recent years. (The Australian record industry has lobbied against changing Australian copyright law).
when the ARIA figures show no such thing. The ARIA figures show a decline in value, but no decline in sales volume. Furthermore sales volumes and revenue for Australian artists has increased (thanks mainly to Delta Goodrem). All in all, the copyright parallel importation changes have worked better than could have been hoped, with the only losers being the record companies which import overseas product (as was the intent of the change, to stop the copyright-granted monopoly for importing overseas recordings from ripping off Australian consumers).
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