[Tfug] An idea someone should develop and patent

[Bexley Hall]

--- Joe Blais <joe.blais at pti-instruments.com> wrote:

<snip>

[jukeboxes]

> easy.  Now, they don't
> have what you want to listen to.  But your device
> does have a copy.  You may
> have something bootleged - but you want to share the
> music.  So you play the
> music you have brought with you! You still pay for
> the play, so the record
> companies still get a cut of money even though the
> music file was bootleged.

"The Record Companies" don't see the revenues from
jukeboxes (unless they own them).  The "take" from a
jukebox is typically disbursed as:
- "repairs" come off the top
- the balance (net) is split between the "operator"
  (the guy who *owns* the jukebox) and the "location"
  (the guy who owns the establishment in which it is
  located)
The location pays for the utilities.  And the operator
pays for servicing the unit.

"The Record Companies" take their cut when the titles
(songs) are purchased by the operator.

> You may also get a much wider appreciation of music
> if people bring in their
> selections to share, or play your own creations.

Unless *Earl* brings *his* "collection" in...  ;>

--don


       
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