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To: Postman who wrote (40905)	4/1/2004 3:58:59 PM
From: Johnny Canuck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70420

I know the music business can be a little strange. A success artist can receive little or no money from record/CD sales despite the fact they have a hit record. The record companies seem to make the money while the artist get very little. A large number of artists seem to make money from touring as opposed record sales it seems. On the other side, here in Canada we have a tax on every blank CD and tape sold. This money goes into a fund that pays royalties to artist based on their rotation on the radio stations. Up to recently artist did not get any royalties only the writer and producer of the song. As someone who works for a company that publishes some software products,this extra charge is essentially a tax on something we don't use. A software company is not interested in pirating music, yet it pays for some of the royalties that artist receive. I don't think there is any perfect system. On the consumer side, I have to admit I am buying less CD's, but it is basically because the music being pushed by the record companies is not anything I would listen to. A lot of alternative radio stations have also disappeared. Most program in the political correct 21 century is all top 40 or pop music.