2 Dec
2002
2 Dec
'02
3:13 a.m.
----- Original Message ----- From: Fritz Feger <mail@fritzfeger.de>
The basic point behind this is: what is the artist paid for? The physical CD copy, or royalities for his intellectual property?
That's an interesting point. That's the way it should work, in theory. But the prcatice is noy based on that asumption. You pay for a CD version of a record even if you have it on a LP, you pay for a remaster. There's no clear rational idea behind copyright of music, just bunch of practices that make it all work. And the record companies (especially the big ones) make sure they make tons of money out of that (can you imagine the money they got from selling the LP material on CDs?). Marcin