From: Ad 

Geo. wrote:
> "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".
>  >
>  > 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.
>

I would say they were paid off.

Adam

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