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Re: [ARSCLIST] SACD fans -- some discounts



The bottom line is that every single stupid idea that has been tried to prevent copying of commercial music has failed. I also believe that the customer-hostile posture of the music companies has trained a generation of people to feel zero concern or guilt commiting what amounts to mass stealing. I predict DRM will die off in the next year or two, and the barn door is already wide open about music being a commodity. The next business shoe to drop will probably be companies like Vivendi taking huge write-downs on what they overpaid for their music assets. Then it's a matter of time before the music holdings get sold off for pennies on the dollar. It's not inconceivable that some sampling library company -- or Microsoft, or Apple, or Google -- could end up owning a megaglomerate's vaults one day.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- From: "Miss Q" <agentramona@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] SACD fans -- some discounts



There was a tax on minidiscs for that purpose. I remember reading about it
in Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry by Clinton
Heylin.
http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-Secret-History-Recording-Industry/dp/0312142897/ref=sr_1_1/103-7962881-0934252?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178159599&sr=8-1
That was published in 96, apparently there is a 2004 version I haven't read
but  now will have to.
I should revist the book, but it completely informed my arguments about when
taping/copying hurts artists and when it helps (ie bootlegging shows vs
pirating recordings, the fact that they can't lose money on a person who
would have never bought the music anyway) There is a Wikipedia article on
the Private Copying Levy but I don't know what aspects of that have changed
with the DMCA/new media.

Courtney B
www.nycpopfest.com


On 5/2/07, Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Also, am I mis-remembering or wasn't there a tax on blank tape that went directly into music industry coffers to make up for missed sales? Blank C-90's were $3+ when I got my first cassette deck. By the time I was making my last cassettes in the early 90's, C-100's were down to $1 or so. We're talking Maxell and TDK CRO2 tapes here, not junk.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] SACD fans -- some discounts


> -----Original Message----- > From Rod Stephens: "...I vaguely remember in "the good 'ole days", > making copies and sharing music with my reel to reel machines and later > with my cassette recorders. We then would buy the original LPs/45s of > the best of the best with good album notes and pictures. Somehow the > recording industry seemed to prosper in those less restrictive and > creative days." > > This is comparing apples to oranges. People needed to meet up, make their > copies in real time, pay good money for blank media and a copy of the copy > was pretty raunchy sounding. We also didn't have investment bankers creating > new corporations having a "business model" of profiteering from facilitating > copyright infringement. > > Piracy is far from the only or even the biggest problem professional music > faces today but make no mistake about the fact that it has cost at least a > generation of youngsters any opportunity to have a career creating and > performing music. They and the music fans are the real losers. > > Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN > Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control > Over 40 years making people sound better than they ever imagined! > 615.385.8051 http://www.hyperback.com >




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