DescentBB

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.

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).

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

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.

Bash, I suggest you read this:

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

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

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