Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/13/06 16:20

"Bill" wrote ...
> With all due respect-- and I mean that-- , did you read what I said?
> Merely that there is a well-known public allegation (by the then
> attorney general of New York State, Eliot Spitzer) that Sony-BMG and
> other music companies have been providing radio stations with various
> "incentives" to play their songs. This is well-documented, in the New
> York Times. I didn't say what you imply I said-- that Radio stations
> don't pay to play songs, though clearly I don't think that's pertinent
> to this issue.

Payola as a defense to copyright infringment? You gotta
be kidding. Unless you're lobbying to actually validate
two wrongs make a right. Try going for 2 + 2 = 5 while
you're at it.

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