In regards to music:
a certain percentage of my movie theater ticket price was remitted to the performers who did the soundtrack
years later:
I bought the VHS tape of the movie, and again, another percentage of the price was remitted to the performers of the sound track.
and then:
being an up to date hip dude, I upgraded and bought a laser disc player, and a copy of that favorite movie again, and again, a portion of the price was remitted to the artists.
not much later;
laser disc was a dead end, so I bought a DVD player, and, what the heck, bought another copy of that movie, and yada, yada, yada.
Now, I have satellite, and lo and behold, Pay Per View has my movie, in HD this time !! So, here we go again, I'm paying for rights to hear those songs again
after the PPV:
damn, I gotta get that on Blu-Ray !!! And once more, the performers get their cut.
Guess what!!
That movie is on HBO this month !!! I get to watch it again, and once again, part of my monthly HBO bill goes to those artists again.
Somewhere along the way, I bought the CD soundtrack of the movie, to play in my in-dash CD player in my Honda. Left the disc in the car when I traded it off (oops!) and had to buy another CD for the Malibu . . .
See where I'm going with this? Maybe the system, despite it's warts and confusion, is fair after all ??
a certain percentage of my movie theater ticket price was remitted to the performers who did the soundtrack
years later:
I bought the VHS tape of the movie, and again, another percentage of the price was remitted to the performers of the sound track.
and then:
being an up to date hip dude, I upgraded and bought a laser disc player, and a copy of that favorite movie again, and again, a portion of the price was remitted to the artists.
not much later;
laser disc was a dead end, so I bought a DVD player, and, what the heck, bought another copy of that movie, and yada, yada, yada.
Now, I have satellite, and lo and behold, Pay Per View has my movie, in HD this time !! So, here we go again, I'm paying for rights to hear those songs again
after the PPV:
damn, I gotta get that on Blu-Ray !!! And once more, the performers get their cut.
Guess what!!
That movie is on HBO this month !!! I get to watch it again, and once again, part of my monthly HBO bill goes to those artists again.
Somewhere along the way, I bought the CD soundtrack of the movie, to play in my in-dash CD player in my Honda. Left the disc in the car when I traded it off (oops!) and had to buy another CD for the Malibu . . .
See where I'm going with this? Maybe the system, despite it's warts and confusion, is fair after all ??
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