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Record Labels May Have to Pay Double Royalties

Posted by michael on from the couldn't-happen-to-a-nicer-bunch dept.

douglips writes "News.com.com.com brings us this article explaining how record labels may be bitten by CD copy protection. At issue is the mechanism that places duplicate WMA tracks on the CD. The labels are thus selling two copies of each song, and may be required to pay twice as much to music publishers. So not only is the DRM ineffective, it also could be a huge legal liability for labels."

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  1. Ha. by Doomrat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What a testament to the fucking pointless-ness and harm inherent in over-management and dicking around with bullshit just for the sake of it.

  2. Serves them right by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 1, Redundant

    HA-ha!

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