Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (06/23/89)
Really-From: bloch%mandrill@ucsd.edu (Steve Bloch) "Andy Gough" <AGOUGH%FAB6@sc.intel.com> writes: >>It's not the people who make tapes of radio shows, obscure B-sides, >>and demos and trade them with their friends or members of some >>(possibly indistinct) fan club. It is a well-orchestrated >>professional bootleg armada that charges an arm and a leg ... > >The industry estimates it lost $1 billion in revenue last year due to >illegal copying. How much of that is home copying, and how much is the "professional bootleg armada"? >Except the artists' get a $1.00 royalty per song on each album sold. So >you can't steal from the record companies without stealing from the >artists' as well. Let me see...if I count right, _TD_ has ten songs, and _HOL_ has twelve. I don't recall paying much more than $10 and $12 respectively, probably less. Is EMI that altruistic? "The above opinions are my own. But that's just my opinion." Stephen Bloch