Re: Wishing You Endless Vistas of Microsoft Joy in the New Year

In article <enbbea$jdm$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Anthony de Boer - USEnet <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Meanwhile, the local guy with the guitar, the garage band that appears
down at the pub and did a few MP3s in their basement, local theatre and
the like, are things in need of revival by fans in search of real
entertainment.

But they tried to make the guys recording their own music in their
basement pay "media tax" on the assumption that they owed copyright
holders (not themselves, the kind who bribe Congress) for the stuff
they recorded.

Seth
.