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"This may be more convenient for consumers, but it worries publishers and songwriters. Their livelihoods have relied on people buying versions of their songs in multiple formats--once on a DVD, and again on the soundtrack album, for example. They're worried that their income will be substantially reduced if people are able to buy a disc that combines multiple formats."

This is the stupidest arguement I've ever heard!

Ok I buy the Fast and the Furious DVD Movie and the Sound Track on CD. They are NOT the same product! One is film while the other is MUSIC. Much of the music off the CD is not even in the Movie and what is in the movie is overshadowed by the movies sound effects as well as only being small clips of the music unless it happens to be a musical.

Now IF the Music Sound track is included on the DVD of the movie and the DVD cost a little more for the collectors edition including sound track people will buy that. And your poor songwriter will get paid for that same as the he would if the music was on a CD. This is not the same as having a CD with two formats of the same exact thing.

Where did common sense go with these people? Do they want to make money or would they rather everyone just got thier MP3s off the net where you can't be sure they even bought the CD in the first place?
Posted by: voska   Posted on: 01/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Digital locks, yeah right  FilledOut | 01/13/04
Yes, 2 copies on a CD = Pay Twice  Franklin_z | 01/13/04
re: Yes, 2 copies on a CD = Pay Twice  stephen732@... | 01/13/04
I think that the music companies have issues about this...  TrackStar1682 | 01/14/04
Avg extra cost less than $1 per CD  Sunny Jalolly | 01/13/04
while i do not think they shoudl pay twice  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
MORE PROTECTION = I BUY LESS happy  M_c | 01/13/04
Bwahahahahaha...  BitTwiddler | 01/13/04
Yes indeed......  shawkins | 01/13/04
Me, copyright infringement. You, technology  dcso580 | 01/14/04
I don't get it!  dg mh | 01/13/04
hypocrite  stephen732@... | 01/13/04
Those poor record company execs!  Chad_z | 01/13/04
Why didn't anyone question the sound quality?  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/13/04
Not even MP3  AbsolutelyNot | 01/13/04
Just more reasons to stop buying CDs  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/13/04
Hence the push to DVDA and SACD  Sunny Jalolly | 01/13/04
Only if it worths the money  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/13/04
And they wonder why we have piracy!!!  voska | 01/13/04
Huh?  tic swayback | 01/13/04
You can, that's pretty magical, teach me how  voska | 01/13/04
qualifications  tic swayback | 01/13/04
Lovely  tic swayback | 01/13/04
RIAA forms their own police force  tic swayback | 01/13/04
ZDNN COVER THIS STORY!!  cybershoplifter | 01/13/04
That's illegal Search and Seizure here in Canada  voska | 01/13/04
50 Cent, Sheryl Crow hoodwinked by RIAA  tic swayback | 01/13/04
2 In A Row...  cybershoplifter | 01/13/04
50 Cent maybe but definitely not Sheryl  ShadeTree | 01/13/04
Formats make no differnce  voska | 01/13/04
Good point! But add...  AbsolutelyNot | 01/13/04
They should be paid for both copies  cybershoplifter | 01/13/04
Exactly  tic swayback | 01/13/04
Sorry, But  Update victim | 01/13/04
copyright should be reduced  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
did not circumvent fair use....  cybershoplifter | 01/13/04
Take a leaf from the studios  Nigel Johnstone | 01/13/04
Let's hope Jack Valenti doesn't get the same idea!  AbsolutelyNot | 01/13/04
be carefull  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
Uhh.. did I miss something here?  d_jedi | 01/13/04
The consumer should have to pay double too!  Tammee | 01/13/04
Consumer choice  Sunny Jalolly | 01/13/04
thin profit margins??  ryusen | 01/13/04
Thats the point  ParadigmOdyssey | 01/13/04
My bleeding heart  DarthRidiculous | 01/13/04
Re: your bleeding heart  SelfGovern | 01/14/04
Boycott not working.  ShadeTree | 01/13/04
DRM  curio@... | 01/14/04
boycott  curio@... | 01/14/04
Good and Bad  boatelc | 01/14/04
Ahh: The Irony Of It All  dags_lax | 01/23/04

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