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It’s also okay to copy music onto special Audio CD-R’s, mini-discs, and digital tapes (because royalties have been paid on them) – but, again, not for commercial purposes.
This seems to imply that it's ok to burn these and give them to others (i.e. music sharing is OK just so long as you use one of these formats. Is that right?
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[quote swampy]Yeah, the labeled artist will lose out, but the labels don't pay them much for CD sales anyway. They make their money on concert tickets and ancillary sales of tee shirts, programs and stuff.
I've never heard that touring was profitable-- nI doubt this assertion.
It's largely true, but depends on the artist, the label and what the artist did (perform, write...)
But for the most part, it is true artists don't make much of the CDs but make much more off of touring and other product sales.
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What's really funny about "not being legal to copy CDs to a computer" is that record companies are now moving to MP3 sales online. Maybe they think you'll buy the song but not download it? Or download it and then delete it?
Or maybe --- just maybe --- it's a convoluted admission that MP3s really aren't the equal of CDs? Nah, that'll never happen.
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[quote deckeda]What's really funny about "not being legal to copy CDs to a computer" is that record companies are now moving to MP3 sales online. Maybe they think you'll buy the song but not download it? Or download it and then delete it?
Or maybe --- just maybe --- it's a convoluted admission that MP3s really aren't the equal of CDs? Nah, that'll never happen.
No, I think they want you to purchase an additional copy of music that you already own, but on different media. This is all about money, not technology.
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[quote GGD][No, I think they want you to purchase an additional copy of music that you already own, but on different media. This is all about money, not technology.
This is basically it, and translated what this really means it that they want to earn a bunch more money for doing absolutely nothing. This is especially galling for ancient material where the artist long since stopped receiving any royalties so the copyright is just a money making machine for fat cat RIAA members.
