Quite a few years ago, my dad and I were listing to some big band music. He said that the recording industry killed the big bands. Maybe they say they're supposed to be for the artists, but maybe they're killing off creativity in the music business. I hope I'm not sounding like a jerk, butt it's just something to think about, and just my two cents worth! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:10 PM Subject: Re: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down
>I hope so too. It doesn't matter what licensing bodies they need to pay to > distribute music over there as long as whoever needs to be paid is paid, > which it sounds like is the case. A lot of it probably trickles back here > anyways. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:00 PM > Subject: Re: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down > > >> Hi list, >> This amounts to the U.S. trying to shove others around again. I, for >> one, hope that Russia refuses to shut the site down, mainly to show the >> US that they're not the be all and end all of the world. It really >> disturbs me when things like this happen, and I really hope the site >> stays up. I personally don't use it, but I know a lot on this list do, >> so I'm definitely cheering for Russia on this one. >> >> Brandon >> >> >> >> Allison Mervis wrote: >>> That would be awful! I use that site almost exclusively. >>> Allison >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf Of Steve Pattison >>> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:45 PM >>> To: PC Audio >>> Subject: Article: US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down >>> >>> >>> This article is taken from the Beta News Home page at >>> www.betanews.com. -Steve. >>> >>> US Official: AllofMP3 Must Shut Down >>> By Ed Oswald, >>> BetaNews >>> October 5, 2006, 11:43 AM >>> >>> The United States is continuing to pressure Russia to shut down the >>> music site allofmp3.com, >>> with a top trade official saying Wednesday it would be hard to see >>> the country being >>> a member of the WTO with the site still operating in the country. >>> >>> Calls for AllofMP3's demise are again surfacing as the two countries >>> attempt to restart >>> negotiations for Russia to enter the international trade group. Talks >>> stalled in >>> July after persistent disagreements related to agriculture and >>> intellectual property >>> issues. >>> >>> Representatives from both Russia and the U.S. will meet in Geneva, >>> Switzerland next >>> week with a goal of having an agreement by the end of this month. >>> However, it is >>> likely a non-negotiable stipulation of the talks will be the shutting >>> down of the >>> music site. >>> >>> AllofMP3 claims it has licenses from Russian Multimedia and Internet >>> Society (ROMS) >>> and the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management >>> of Works Used >>> Interactively (FAIR). >>> >>> However, neither the U.S. nor Britain recognize those licenses, and >>> the British music >>> industry sued the site in July. Joining the WTO has been a publicly >>> stated goal of Russian President Putin, >>> and he has begun to talk about intellectual property rights issues in >>> the country >>> recently. >>> >>> "The dialogue is continuing. We're making progress slowly but >>> steadily and we'll >>> see if we can get there," US Trade Representative Susan Schwab was >>> quoted by Reuters >>> as saying to reporters. "There's no guarantee that we'll get it done." >>> >>> >>> Regards Steve >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Skype: steve1963 >>> MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >>> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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