Sinister: To CD or not to CD? That is the question...

[John Jackson]

The Tall Git wrote:

> Secondly, CDs ARE different to tapes. Maybe the Duke's right, and in a few
> years CDR machines will be commonplace, but at the moment they are not.
> Thus if you did a CD copy for someone, they would probably have to send
> you money to pay for the blank CD, which is where the problems start; if
> you receive a penny more than the cost of the CD you are making a profit,
> and so you are an illegal record label. However, anybody can send you a
> blank tape for you to copy Tigermilk onto, and as it is for personal use
> and no money has been taken, it is OK.

I should like to point out here that in the CPC catalogue, blank
writable CDs are 90p each. That doesn't include VAT of course. How much
does everyone pay for their blank tapes?

JJ
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