Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing?

Matilda the Hun writes "The Register is reporting on the RIAA claims that recordable media is more of a source of piracy than P2P networks. From the article: 'The RIAA's chief executive, Mitch Bainwol, last week said music fans acquire almost twice as many songs from illegally duplicated CDs as from unauthorized downloads, Associated Press reports. According to Bainwol, in turn citing figures from market watcher NPD, 29 per cent of the recorded music obtained by listeners last year came from content copied onto recordable media. Only 16 per cent came from illegal downloads.'"

Comments

CD-R tax

[ch-chuck]

Just slap a CD-R tax on blank media like the Canadians. It's too entrenched to be killed off with a tax like DAT's were. If you think your losing revenue from illegal copying, apply for a share of the CD-R taxes. End Of Problem.

Re:RIAA should address the cause

[Reality Master 101]

Copying copyright music does not "deprive the owner of its possession", and therefore it is not theft. Do your homoework next time.

Um, yes it does. If you're in possession of the music, then by law you have to pay for it. You have deprived the copyright holder of the payment.

Put it this way. If you work for someone, and they don't pay you, have they stolen from you? They haven't taken any possessions from you. Don't know about you, but I'd say 'yes', even though it's technically a contract violation.