Recent content by Eric5273

Exactly. They need to raise the mechanical rate from its current 9.1 cent amount to a higher amount. Then the little guys will make their fair share of the profits.

I do agree with you to a certain extent. I'm not sure how knowledgable you are about the music industry in general, but the United States is very unique compared to other countries. In just about all other industrialized countries, there is a government mandated mechanical socity and...

Of course there has always been theft, but convenience means everything. If it is convenient to steal, more people will do it. The goal here is to make it inconvenient. And yes, having to rip the CD is an inconvenience. As I said before, music sales steadily increased until several years...

This is due to the amount of theft going on. Since the internet became a place to distribute music, sales of music (in all formats including online) have declined. Prior to that, there was a steady increase. The reason for this is obviously theft. I am in the music industry, and still plenty...

Actually, the songwriter is very different according to the law. A record label has to get permission from the artist to distribute their recording, and the fee is negotiated between the artist and the record company in the form of a contract. But the songwriter has no such rights under the...

Here's a good article explaining the current fight going on: The music kings fight over royalites There's a widespread public impression of the music industry as monolithic corporate horde moving in lock-step to a) force brainless pap down our ear canals, b) exploit lowly artists and c) sue...

I'm not talking about artists. I'm talking about the songwriters. Most of them are poor and do not make a decent living. If you are a singwriter, even if you have a platinum selling single, you will only make about $41,000 total under the current system. And very few singles or albums go...

It's actually very similar in size to the current 30 GB iPod. It's about the same footprint as the Treo 680, but half the thickness.

I'm in the music business, and I agree with you. They are overcharging the customers, and at the same time not paying the publishers and songwriters a high enough royalty for selling their music. I own a music publishing company, and for the 99 cents that the iTunes store charges for music...

They are in violation of anti-trust laws. We have the same laws on the books here, but they haven't been enforced for a few decades. Having iTunes only work with iPods is like if your local power supplier's gas only worked with a certain brand furnace that they sold themselves. Just on the...