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Record Industry Wants Royalties for Used CD Sales
cuberat writes "In a continuing effort to maintain their image as evil incarnate, record companies are considering charging used CD retailers a royalty for every CD they resell. The story is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune here. When are these guys going to get a clue?"
I can just imagine the future of CD sales. They probably will have a ELLA (End Listener License Agreement).
By breaking this seal you agree to the terms of this license............... We the RIAA have the right at anytime to enter your place of residence to do an audit, and make sure all of your music is properly licensed.
I want my rights back. I was actually using them when our government stole them after 9/11.
There was some stupid movie I saw on HBO once called kidco, kidcon. Anyways
The story is about some kid that starts a fertilizer business collecting the poop from the different farms around town. Big fertilizer business takes the kids to court and tries to get them shut down on all sorts of technicalities.
They come to the issue of sales tax on the poop. The kid calls up the local alfalfa farmer and asks him if he pays taxes on the hay, to which he replies yes. The kid then makes the argument, "If the hay was taxed on the way into the horse, then taxing it when it comes out is double taxation!"
Manuer, Used CD's, its all the same really, isn't it double taxation when royaltee's are collected twice on a CD?
They should get some of Brittany Spears assets!
Even if they are used.
-Dubya
You're right, I'm sure our represenatives in congress will realise how crazy this is and demand plenty of bribes before they pass it.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
"In an attempt to combat the growing problem of children listening to used CDs the record industry today recommended a 'Used CD Tax'. An additional 50% tax should be applied to the sale of all used CDs. Similar actions have been taken for alchohol and tabacoo, but this is the first such action that confronts this growing problem." A.P.
"Kids these days are beginning to buy used CDs at a younger and younger age. This is depriving me.....I mean.....the artists of their well deserved income," said Harry Buttes, V.P. of Money Grubbing at Great Tune$ Record$.
Let me get this straight: If I buy a Sony CD and take it home, then put it in my Sony CD duplicator in my Hi-Fi system and make a copy (without the track I despise) on special audio CDR media that Sony gets an extra royality payment for, they also deserve yet another royality if I sell someone else the original album? Yea, that seems fair.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Today, the RIAA was granted patent number 8,675,309 for their ingenious work. The patent covers "sounds or one or more frequencies arranged to form a series of simple and compound sounds, sometimes called 'notes.'"
The patent goes on to claim inventions such as "rhythm" and "scales." It even suggests a name for these strings of notes, "music."
The RIAA wants to assure the public that it plans to license the "music" under RAND (reasonable and non-discrimanatory) conditions.
"Marshal: All Rise. The Federal Court for the Western District is now in session. The Honorable Wilfred M. Impatient presiding."
"Court Reporter: Docket number 31337, RIAA vs. Guys Trying to Make a Living, Inc."
"Judge: Alright, let's hear it."
"Defense Attorney: First sale doctrine."
"Judge: Case dismissed (gavel). When's lunch again?"
"Marshal: All Rise..."
If I win the lottery, I'm going to open a library with every CD that I can think of in it. It's free, all I ask is that you return it in a day or two. That should be enough time to 'listen' to any CD. Or am I describing any college campus?
On second thought, if I win the lottery, I'm going to join the Republican party, hire guards to keep the likes of you away, and get some lawyers. And you should be aware that my lawyers will be on your ass in a flash. I don't know what for, but they'll be on you.
Can I ride on the slippery slope after you're done with it?
Didn't publishers try this with books and outrage all literate people?
Yes
Do the record companies think they can do this just because their demographic only needs to be able to read well enough to figure out which album they're buying?
Yes
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and right after they pass it, a Federal court will set an NFL record for longest field goal with it.
I think that might hurt the resale value however.