I'd feel more sympathetic to the music industry if I thought they 
were paying the artists, but I know that  are getting rich while the 
artists are still at the bottom of the food chain.

Steve

On Monday 9/18/06 15:33 Butch Bussen wrote:
>Well, whether or not we can afford or we do have xm radio is beside the
>point.  The music industry has been doing this kind of thing for years.  I
>do care for that reason along.  Do you know we use to have really cool
>sites on line that we could go to to play music until the poor music
>industry decided they'd have to pay a few cents a song each time it was
>played.  There was a guy I knew in Saandiago who had one of the coolest
>oldies site around.  He had stuff you never hear any more.  You could even
>search his data base andr request songs, and his audio was great.  Well,
>he had to shut it down as he couldn't afford to pay the music indyustry
>what they wanted.  You better believe I care.  Do you know why we have
>special cds for home cd recorders.  You have to pay a fee to the music
>industry for these special blanks, even if they're for your own use.
>Also, you can't copy a copy, even if it is your own band who made the cd.
>Guess who set all this up.  No love here for the music industry.
>73s
>Butch Bussen
>wa0vjr