Replying to a message of Glenn Meadows to Bob.Ackley:

 >> 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. 

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

Actually I did.  Payment to the performer(s) - and other corporate overhead -
spread over a million or so copies is an insignificant portion of the purchase
price, IOW $1< - this assumes, of course, that the performers are paid a flat
salary rather than per-copy royalties.

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