Canadian Music Industry Drills Dentists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday July 25, 2004 @02:07PM from the double-root-canal dept.

hereisnowhy writes "CBC reports that the tranquil music that wafts through many dental offices to soothe patients and mask the sounds of the drill may soon be silenced. The music industry is putting the bite on dentists -- demanding that they pay for the right to play it. The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada would also like to extend this policy to 'coffee shops, clothing stores, lounges, elevators -- even radio tunes that people hear on the telephone while on hold.' Are any composers and authors actually in favour of this, or just the publishers?"

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Re:Whenever I see something pathetic like this... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-25 14:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Fuck you. you are the kind of person who wants the terrorists to win! THE TERRROSITSTS!!!!!!!!!
Re:A standard shake-down in the U.S. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-26 04:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That is a VERY poor SIG. It reflects poorly on you and on OSS ingeneral.

"Making fun" indicates a complete lack of knowledge or understanding for your own or a competitors product.

Whitness the biggest ass in all of computerdom, Scott McNealey, and his continued bashing of MS all the while his company is going down in flames.

A much better philosophy is to STFU about MS and work on making your own product better!