From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihlpb!burris
Newsgroups: net.music
Title: Re: Re: tape tax - (nf)
Article-I.D.: ihlpb.309
Posted: Fri Feb 18 18:01:07 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 03:44:09 1983

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ihlpb!burris    Feb 18 13:40:00 1983


Here's one you have overlooked:

What if the primary use for the tapes you buy are for recording live
concerts. I often am asked to record for bands so that they will have
demo material to present when trying to obtain jobs. Do you believe
that it is fair for me to subsidize the record companies for losses
that THEY estimate that they are losing on record sales. This is
obviously not applicable to this situation.

Ok, then what about the recording studios which also use this tape.
Perhaps they will be able to obtain the equivelant of a retail tax
number; but then maybe they won't. If so who will pay for the
enforcement. YOU an I that's who. There goes another tax.

Audio recorders have been around for many years. I didn't hear the record
companies screaming when they were making millions. Now that the economy
is not so good all businesses are suffering loss of income. Why should
the record companies be any different.

I would be curious to see how much of this tax money is going to trickle
down to the engineers and musicians who originally produce this
music. Until you have been walked on by a record company for
publishing rights, etc. you should be careful in your assumptions
about the poor record companies loss of revenues.

Dave Burris
ihlpb!burris
BTL - Naperville