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The people responsible for this tremendous geographical oversight have been sacked.
- Tim Stevens
In future years we will call this series "Gadget Guide for That Season that Happens in June."
- Tim Stevens
I've just been informed by an offended commenter that, in some parts of the world, it isn't actually summer right now, but rather winter.
- Tim Stevens
I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for our cultural insensitivity in running the Summer Gear Guide on Engadget today.
Gadget News
- Cisco sues TiVo to nullify four DVR patents, claims TiVo's just a big meanie
- Denon turns up the volume with 11 new headphone models featuring iOS app integration
- AT&T CEO predicts data-only plans within two years
- Microsoft Smart Glass coming at E3, AirPlay-style streaming from iOS, Android and Windows Phone?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Oct 6th 2008 11:33AM
Royalty payments to writers and performers are counter to the copyright laws; royalty payments exist to benefit the artist/composer. The real issue lies in the fact that royalty payments are paid to people who have not created the music, but who perhaps have their names on original music because they have inspired it in some way. A significant portion of entertainment-industry 'writing' overall is ghost-writing that can be alleged to be organized crime.
Fees are paid to people who score raw all-vocal music so it can be used with instruments on-stage, but recordings can have listeners without any writing, scoring or stage performances.
Many companies seize new concepts and operate in a crisis-management mode as if the nation will be nuked if they are not busy stamping out new technology for the mass markets; in that way 'truth-in advertising' becomes a tangental thought rather than a real activity.
There is no reason to pay royalty fees to writers -- they have not created what they write out.