-=> Bob Ackley wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 BA>> I have no problem with it.  I think a similar proposal was made for
 BA>> blank audio tape and cassettes, and blank videotapes.  Dunno if it
 BA>> was ever implemented, if it was I never noticed it.

 DD> Yeah, it got rammed through. My problem with it is that the revenues
 DD> went to the record companies, studios, etc. Not one red cent ever
 DD> reached the actual artists ... but, then the companies have been
 DD> using creative bookkeeping since they have been in business.

 BA> Record companies have been screwing their (captive) artists for half a
 BA> century or longer.  Most artists are captives of their respective
 BA> labels in that the label won't deal with them except under an exclusive
 BA> contract.

I do note, however that is changing somewhat. Radiohead, Paul McCartney, etc.
have all told EMI to F.O.A.D. 
 
 BA> Movie studios have been screwing their investors for well over half a
 BA> century.  Their accounting is so 'creative' that blockbuster hit movies
 BA> such as but not limited to 'Star Wars' are shown to be money losers...

Them's the studios to which I was referring above.   Bv)=

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