[Rumori] PBS NewsHour : Copyright Conundrum

[matt davignon]

Yes, there are several parts in the RIAA arguments that don't really flow 
logically. I especially like the part where the legal professor points out 
that the RIAA is NOT the Recording Industry and Artists Association of 
America.


>From: Reed Hedges <reed at zerohour.net>
>
>
>On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 02:39 PM, square_wave wrote:
>
>>RIAA schlepp: "Your claim that artists are being cheated out of their
>>revenue is more of a popular myth than anything else. The vast majority of
>>musicians are dying to get contracts with record companies."
>
>Notice that the second sentence really has nothing to do with the first.  
>The second sentence may be true, but it does not refute that all those 
>musicians dying to get contracts will get cheated out of all their revenue 
>once they do.
>
>
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