... drive, so everything I save is saved to a disc. By the way, did you know that record companies get royalties from the sale of blank CD's? So what are they complaining about anyway? The record companies continue to disclose all of their survey findings. Asking people if they are participating in an ... illegal activity. I"m sure that everyone will tell you when they are doing something illegal. Also, stating that people are downloading instead of buying CD's, or that the downloading is down since the prosecutions of hundreds of downloaders. Well any introductory sociology class will tell ...

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... competition unwilling to follow their "industry standards." Article I. The RIAA has Exercised Vertical and Horizontal Restraint of Trade on the Industry to Inflate CD Prices In an August 2000 lawsuit, 28 states plus the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana's and Puerto Rico accused that the Big Five "colluded ... that the industry's "Minimum Advertised Price" policy may have cost U.S. consumers an extra $480 million over the past three years, while the average CD price has risen 41% over the past five years." Article II. The RIAA has Defrauded Artists of Even the Possibility of Recoveri...

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... owner. This is called a license. Once a piece of music is created then documented or recorded it is automatically copyrighted by the songwriter (not performers), for example on video, tape or CD or simply writing down the notation of a score. PRS for Music Limited is a UK copyright collection society and performance rights organization undertaking collective rights management for musical works A music publishing ... ...

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... - Santana. With Santana's worldwide success sparked room for artists such as Wyclef Jean. Wyclef formed a new hybrid formed of Haitian Creole and English. Even U.S. based Christina Aguilera recorded an entire CD entirely in Spanish. Within transitions to create a global market, these artists have found not only how to make money and survive in a capitalistic world, but how to satisfy more than ... ...

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... - Santana. With Santana's worldwide success sparked room for artists such as Wyclef Jean. Wyclef formed a new hybrid formed of Haitian Creole and English. Even U.S. based Christina Aguilera recorded an entire CD entirely in Spanish. Within transitions to create a global market, these artists have found not only how to make money and survive in a capitalistic world, but how to satisfy more than ... ...

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... conform. If musical expression was specifically protected, I believe that retail stores would be more inclined to limit their forms of censorship. Recently Marilyn Manson's album, Holy Wood, was banned from CD retailers Circuit City and Best Buy for its allegedly "obscene" cover art. The cover depicted their singer hanging from a cross like Jesus. The singer was quoted by Daren Davis, in ... ...

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... " which may result in so called "free advertising by getting editorial content into newspapers and TV/radio news reports. They will also produce promotional videos and/or other multimedia products (CD ROMs or DVD products), "plugging" the song/album and video (a plugger tries to get maximum airplay of the song/video by placing directly the product into the DJ or TV ... ...

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