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The RIAA claims that it is not the media but the content that is copyrighted. If that is the case then we should only be required to pay royalties to them when we first buy the song. But it seems that everytime we buy the song we have to pay royalties again. I have purchased most of the Beatle's albums over the years first on records, then cassettes and 8 tracks, and most recently CDs. And now if I download them they say I have to pay full price again.
If they were serious in their claim then they would only charge us once for the initial purchase and a small media price each time technology advances or that record, etc,, becomes unuseable and must be replaced. I wonder what legal grounds they have if you downloaded a song you previously owned on a record that has become worn out or damaged? Would the court say you had to pay them royalties again for the 5th or 6th time?
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