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Old 5th July 2009   #22
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Ah for ****'s sake, can't you agree with me on SOMETHING?

Bet you also could make a 'strong case' that I should pay Yoko Ono and/or the ghost of Michael Jackson's $1 if I whistle Yesterday on the street.
I could agree with you on something if you made sense

I'm not disagreeing that the outcome is likey to be in favour of those who make ringtones/ distribute them etc. I am arguing that we dont know that for sure however.

There's a trend here of teenagers and kids playing their MP3 ringtones full blast on public transport for the whole bus/train to hear. If the bus was playing a radio station rather than it being a kids phone I would expect the artist who's track is being played on the radio to be paid.

Surely with your "the decade of piracy is over..." point of view where all artists are getting paid, you would agree with this?
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