From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I guess you don't take into account the cost to CREATE the material that's
on the physical disk.  I guess that's produced for free then.

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Glenn M.
"Bob.Ackley ." 
wrote in message news:608fb6.8732bb{at}FidoNet.no-ip.info...
> Replying to a message of Mike N. to Geo:
>
> >> Now there is an interesting thought. Why doesn't every laptop come with
> >> an FM radio built in? I mean how much could it cost, $5 extra if it
> >> includes it's own antenna?
>
> MN>   The music industry is terrified of people recording music on their
> MN> PCs - particularly with HDRadio coming out.
>
> The music industry has been terrified of people recording music since
> reel-to-reel
> tape recorders became cheap enough for ordinary mortals to buy one.  Only
> the
> technology has changed over the years.  Since the actual cost of producing
> a
> vinyl
> LP or an audio CD is less than $1 each (not counting royalty fees) it
> seems to
> me
> that the way for the industry to reduce unauthorized duplication of the
> material would
> be to sell them for $5 or less.
>
> --- FleetStreet 1.19+

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