see where they might have a few concerns about the digital stuff. Analog
loses quality with each generation, so after a few copies of copies, it's
nothing anyone in the entertainment industry would be worried about anymore=
;
but digital goes marching on.
Of course, the funny thing here is that Phillips and Sony, the two biggest
players here, make money on both sides of the street. They make it from
blank media and recording devices, and they also make it off of the very
music and movies that they're complaining about the rest of us copying.
Either way they make out.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:08 PM, George Cohen <gcohen@thewalkerschool.org>
wrote:
>
> http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_0000100=
4----000-.html
>
> [Marker](b) Digital Audio Recording Media.=97 The royalty payment due und=
er
> section [
>
> http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_0000100=
4----000-.html/../uscode17/usc_sec_17_00001003----000-.html
> ]1003 for each digital audio recording medium imported into and
> distributed in the United States, or manufactured and distributed in the
> United States, shall be 3 percent of the transfer price. Only the first
> person to manufacture and distribute or import and distribute such medium
> shall be required to pay the royalty with respect to such medium.
>
> Hmm, I wonder if they will pass that cost onto the consumer???...
>
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