[BC] Section 115 Reform Act (SIRA) of 2006

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 08 June 2006 09:24 am, Rich Wood wrote:
> ------ At 01:50 PM 6/7/2006, Bailey, Scott wrote: -------
> 
> >radio stations! I pay the BMI's, ASCAP's, etc, so what's the deal. Why
> >should I pay 1.00 a cut to a firm like Rapsody for a song we need when
> >we already pay music rights!
> 
> If you're not in a major market you may not get promo service. Paying 
> licensing fees has nothing to do with any expectation you may have 
> that they should send you free music. Wait until all the copy 
> protection schemes are in place and see if you can transfer that 
> ultra high quality download to a hard drive. Analog may have a very 
> long life ahead of it as you do digital (poor quality) to analog to 
> digital transfers.

 But for the lawyers, or maybe because of them, I smell an emerging
 market for a "professional" ripper.

 *Could* it be used to "steal" music ?
 Sure !
 Will this potential cause the total destruction of the recording industry,
 and all of it's world-wide markets ?

 It's not a question of "can we" it's a question of "how" ?

 Methinks that if the likes of Clear Channel would wish to throw their
 financial and legal weight into legit use of legitimately acquired material
 for legit uses, that there would likely materialize an exception.

 Obviously, the workings of the RIAA make no sense to many of us.
 They do put out a damn nice buggy whip, though.

-- 
Cowboy