Replying to a message of Dave Drum to Bob Ackley:

 DD> -=> Bob Ackley wrote to Ross Cassell <=-

 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.

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

Movie studios have been screwing their investors for well over half a
century.  Their accounting is so 'creative' that blockbuster hit movies
such as but not limited to 'Star Wars' are shown to be money losers...

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