At some point, the musicians made an agreement for the record companies to make music for them. That agreement transferred the rights of ownership and reproduction to the record companies in exchange for money. The musicians agreed to the terms, they were not forced to accept the terms, that is; were not under duress.
Now, after the fact, the musicians don't like the restrictions that supported the millions of dollars they received in royalties. Well, in my mind, that's just too bad. For a few dollars a month, they can build a Website and sell as many mp3 files of their music as they want, with no entanglement by the evil record companies. Oh, if the musicians can't sell enough of their music to make a living, then maybe they should reconsider their art as an income source.
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these musicians want their cake and to eat it too
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