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Originally Posted by CyGuy
Really you would be "stealing" from yourself though, doesn't make much sense to me.
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Sense? You expect sense out of the MAFIAA? You want an example of sense? Let's look at US Commercial Radio...
When a song is played on a radio station, a royalty fee is paid to a rights conglomerate, such as ASCAP/BMI, or others. To pay for this expense, as well as power, equipment, personnel, ect, the radio station sell other advertisement space to other companies to pay for these expenses.
With me so far?
Now, people who listen to the radio station may like the songs and want to buy some of them. Why? Because they heard them on the radio and liked them.
So, radio is acting as advertising for the songs. Are the rightsholders paying for this advertising, just like a soda or chips company? Of course not! They get PAID to have their advertising done for them! Does the radio station make any money out of the sales of the songs? NO!
So the rights holders get paid to advertise the products they sell! THIS is logic?
No place but America.....