From: "Geo." 

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"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote = in message
news:46346d79$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> This really is IP theft. They will extort others to pay them money for
> your work & then only hand over the money to you (less their expenses
> obviously) if you join their little "crew".
>=20
> I wonder if the top people in the RIAA have nicknames just as Johnny
> "the face" Pastromo etc.

"The main object to be desired in expanding copyright protection =
accorded to music has been to give the composer an adequate return for =
the value of his composition, and it has been a serious and difficult =
task to combine the protection of the composer with the protection of = the
public, and to so frame an act that it would accomplish the double =
purpose of securing to the composer an adequate return for all use made =
of his composition and at the same time prevent the formation of =
oppressive monopolies, which might be founded upon the very rights =
granted to the composer for the purpose of protecting his interests."
= H.R. Rep. No. 2222 60th Cong., 2nd Sess.7 (1909).


I would say they failed.

Geo.


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"Adam" <"mailto:"4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the'>
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size=3D2>"4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:46346d79$1{at}w3.nls.net...
 
>
This really is IP =
theft. They will=20
extort others to pay them money for> your work &
then only = hand over=20
the money to you (less their expenses> obviously) if you
join = their=20
little "crew".> > I wonder if
the top people in the RIAA = have=20
nicknames just as Johnny> "the face" Pastromo =
etc.
"The
main object to be =
desired in=20
expanding copyright protection accorded to music has been to give the = composer=20
an adequate return for the value of his composition, and it has been a = serious=20
and difficult task to combine the protection of the composer with the = protection=20
of the public, and to so frame an act that it would accomplish the = double=20
purpose of securing to the composer an adequate return for all use made = of his=20
composition and at the same time prevent the =
formation of=20
oppressive monopolies, which might be founded upon the very rights = granted to=20
the composer for the purpose of protecting his
interests." H.R. = Rep. No.=20
2222 60th Cong., 2nd Sess.7 (1909).
 
 
I would say they =
failed.
 
Geo.


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