NZ govt. not as insane as rest of world?

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:32 pm

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid= ... 41&tid=188

So nice our government recognises and is prepared to legislate to protect our rights to Fair Use of purchased media.

Thank you for coming Mr. RIAA - now go away.

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:33 pm

It's kind of funny that the article Slashdot links to says, "More blank CDs are now sold in New Zealand than pre-recorded discs." Yet, Sony, the music giant, which includes Columbia and Epic among its labels, makes blank CDs.

I copy my own CDs into different mixes all the time. I never even knew anyone objected to it. Tough taters, I just made my own law (indexual fiat).

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:35 am

Funny how Apple's download sales for it's ipod machine are way up. How does Apple succeed where the RIAA fails?

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:53 am

I've read that Apple isn't succeeding at all. Walmart just undercut everyone with 88 cents a song download. It's a loss-leader for everyone at the moment, hoping to spur sales of mp3 players and/or just drive traffic to their online stores where they hope to make up the lost song revenue on items with a reasonable margin.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:57 pm

Bash, I suggest you read this:

http://www.randommaccess.com/news/1074141949.shtml

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:19 pm

I think Bash was just referring to the Apple's iTunes. According to Steve Jobs:

"Most of the money goes to the music companies," admitted Jobs.

"We would like to break even/make a little bit of money but it's not a money maker," he said, candidly.

http://www.theregister.com/content/6/33850.html

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:43 pm

Homepage is correct, I was referring to the Apple iTunes service, not Apple as a whole.