Milking The Cow Dry Of Every Drop Is Pretty Short-sighted. "In reference to the San Diego Union Tribune story about royalties on used CD sales, Rick Abruzzo has this though:

'If tampering with emerging technologies to extract more money from consumers wasn't enough, the music business is at it again. This time they want to tax used CDs extra as new music sales go flat. This 'royalty' could kill a place like Ameoba. I can imagine the RIAA sending lawyers to garage sales and flea markets to extort money from small vendors. What give the music industry special privileges over any other industry? Used cars, Used furniture, Used Japanese girls underwear, where could it stop?' " [pberry: Radio Edition]

[The Shifted Librarian]

Missed this one yesterday. Car manufacturers have no right to money from the sale of used cars, nor do clothing manufacturers, makers of sports equipment, writers/publishers of books, or artists of their paintings. Why the hell do record labels think they should get paid? This is ridiculous and I sincerely hope it gets shot down.

10:01:14 AM