Richard Menta writes, “I have come to the conclusion that the music industry must be ruled by organized crime because everything they do is a shakedown. One of the most prominent examples is for the industry to distort the notion of you buy a CD by claiming that all this time you have been only renting it. That is a lie, but one the lobbyists and lawyers for the industry will chant in unison as they enter the courts and the legislature to contort the fair use laws to their fiscal advantage … the record industry is considering charging used CD retailers a royalty for every CD they resell. That falls in line with the ‘rent’ theory Big Music wishes to push on consumers. You can’t resell that CD because you don’t own it. Therefore, they are entitled to additional rent once it leaves your hand and goes to another…”
Click here to read Menta’s full MP3Newswire.net article.
Click here to read the San Diego Union-Tribune news story that Menta is referencing and reacting to.
