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Re: Copyright/Fair use question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 9 Feb 2002 10:34:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> That brings up another point that I mentioned once before about the
> ridiculously artificial cost of music. A local record store has The Final
> Cut on CD for $19.99! Good grief! I mean, the album is 20 years old and
> wasn't that popular in the first place! Nine years ago I bought it for
> $8.98 at regular retail price, when The Wall was $26.99. For further
> comparison, a music store in my former town of residence sold The Final Cut
> usually for about 60% of the price of, say, Meddle or Dark Side of the Moon,
> and the price stayed at that relative level for the entire time I was
> conscious of it. Why, suddenly, does this less-than-praised,
> less-than-popular disc suddenly rate the same already over-inflated price as
> the more marketable stuff?
Why do people list LEGO sets for (and get) exorbitant prices on eBay (and
elsewhere)? If it's something they're interested in, and they can't be
bothered searching for a better price, they'll pay what's asked.
ROSCO
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| (...) Ding! I got it! In my broad-sighted way I was thinking only of the problems of the original copy, rather than the fair-use backups. (...) No, but I sometimes spin a CD on my finger and shine a laser pointer on it for the economical way to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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