Mark E J
Second Unit
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2000
- Messages
- 283
I think if you proved to Universal that there was a big enough market worldwide to justify the 2 million dollars for music clearance rights the Recording Industry would just jack up the prices to 4 or 5 million.
There is no logic when dealing the RI, they have become one of the most fascist and out of touch organizations in America.
Remember this is the same industry that used mafia tactics to run Napster out of business at the same time they were illegally fixing prices on CD's.
The same industry that two years ago planed to hack in to peoples private computers all over America at random, then delete any media files they considered suspect without the users permission, and even had the balls to ask the Government for a federal exemption from anti-hacking laws that would have protected the RI from being prosecuted or even sued if they damaged or destroyed any computers in the process.
The same industry that is now filing unconstitutional subpoenas and threatening 12 year-olds with multi-million dollar lawsuits and even prison time if the share their legally bought CD's with someone over the Internet.
The RI has taken copyright law to such draconian and insane limits I doubt we will ever see any music heavy show like Miami Vice in it's original form.
There is no logic when dealing the RI, they have become one of the most fascist and out of touch organizations in America.
Remember this is the same industry that used mafia tactics to run Napster out of business at the same time they were illegally fixing prices on CD's.
The same industry that two years ago planed to hack in to peoples private computers all over America at random, then delete any media files they considered suspect without the users permission, and even had the balls to ask the Government for a federal exemption from anti-hacking laws that would have protected the RI from being prosecuted or even sued if they damaged or destroyed any computers in the process.
The same industry that is now filing unconstitutional subpoenas and threatening 12 year-olds with multi-million dollar lawsuits and even prison time if the share their legally bought CD's with someone over the Internet.
The RI has taken copyright law to such draconian and insane limits I doubt we will ever see any music heavy show like Miami Vice in it's original form.
