Nvinokur@aol.com wrote:
However, if one purchased an LP, thereby paying the mechanical rights, shouldn't the record co. replace that LP for free with a CD, since the record co. changed the listening format. Now if you want to replace the format, the mechanical rights are paid twice for the same music.
If your 1998 car came with a cassette player as standard equipment and the 2003 model comes with a CD player as standard, the manufacturer doesn't have any obligation to retrofit the earlier car for free. No publisher has an obligation to replace the hardcover book you own with the newly released paperback copy. Your choice to upgrade (if that's what it is) to CD is your choice, not the company's responsibility. -- Herb Levy P O Box 9369 Fort Worth, TX 76147 herb@eskimo.com