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From: "Loco Jones" <locojonesnet@netscape.net>
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Subject: Re: July/August RIAA Boycott
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:39:25 -0400
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"Flip" <flip@flippo.com> wrote in message
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> "Tailspin" <nonofyourbusiness@microsoft.com> wrote:
< S N I P >
> > There is also the matter of price fixing which I believe the industry
> > was found guilty of.
>
> Which is no longer relevant - since they've stopped the practice.
Really? Then why have prices NOT come down at brick & mortar retail
outlets? You know, floppo, just because the RIAA claims "we don't do that
(anymore)" doesn't mean it's true.
I know you like to believe that the Major Record Labels are above reproach,
but if you did any research instead of just acting like the piRIAAtes
parrot, you would discover their racketeering does indeed continue - just
in a slightly altered guise.
There is absolutely no reason for the Led Zeppelin back catalogue to be
priced at $21.99 (Canadian) per title, even if they were part of an
in-store display promoting the new How The West Was Won release. It's price
gouging - pure and simple. The debut Zep album (1969) has more than
recouped any "investment" Atlantic Records may have made over three decades
ago.
You really should STFU defending an Industry which you clearly know nothing
about.
- Loco -
(Now Playing: How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin)
n.b. "Although the song is credited as an original composition by Led Zep's
instrumental contingent of Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass) and
John Bonham (drums), it was heavily influenced by Howlin' Wolf's [AKA
Chester A. Burnett] 1951 release "How Many More Years". Sadly, any credit
(and royalties) or even reference to the blues icon is conspicuously
absent."
[Ref: AMG]
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