CDR Royalties?

[tkingen]

Look at question #14 on this list:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61943

It seems to say that there is a built in royalty paid to the record companies with every blank CDR that we buy. I'm sure it's justified by the assumption that people use CDR's to illegally copy commercially available CD's. But it's strange that we are paying royalties for the priviledge of burning our own music created in our home studios.

 

[Projbalance]

No, the royalty only pays from the sale of CDR-A(udio) discs, like the kin you would use in a componant stereo system. These don't generally get sold anymore as they won't work in computer based drives and people typically only burn discs from their pc's.

 

[tkingen]

No, the royalty only pays from the sale of CDR-A(udio) discs, like the kin you would use in a componant stereo system. These don't generally get sold anymore as they won't work in computer based drives and people typically only burn discs from their pc's.

Thanks for clearing that up

 

[snow lizard]

No, the royalty only pays from the sale of CDR-A(udio) discs, like the kin you would use in a componant stereo system. These don't generally get sold anymore as they won't work in computer based drives and people typically only burn discs from their pc's.

Actualy they work in computer drives just fine. Data CDs also work in some of the standalone units if you can find a way to get them to ignore the identification code. Other than that, the 2 media types are identical.

If a package of disks says "suitable for music CDs" or something similar, I'm inclined to think there's a royalty charge.

The same type of royalties were also paid when blank cassette tapes were sold. If you were recording originals on a portastudio, it didn't matter.


sl