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Posted by DubDriver on 03/24/06 23:57
Dave wrote:
|| On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:37:41 GMT, Lordy.UK <spam@recycle.bin> wrote:
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||| Bit of an over-simplification, they pay a small royalty to the
||| Russian version of the RIAA, but that does not mean they have the
||| permission of the actual copyright holders to do what they do.
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|| Under Russian law they do.
The Russian Authorities allowing them to sell Beatles songs is not the same
as The Beatles giving permission for them to sell Beatles songs
|| This is why they can sell Beatles tracks
|| while itunes can't.
No it isn't why they can sell Beatles songs, it is because they can get away
with it (so far).
In fact I've heard that The Beatles (& another heavy metal band whose name
escapes me at the moment) don't give permission or allow anyone to sell
their songs for download.
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