Cassettes appeal to younger and less affluent people, Mr. Solomon said, and by turning them away, recording companies "shot themselves in the foot."
Once the electronics companies owned recording companies, they stopped battling the idea of royalties.
He said that while his organization often briefs recording companies on legal issues related to what he calls "self help" measures, "the companies deal with this stuff on their own."
EACH year recording companies dig more deeply into their archives.
Banned from the radio, Natalino Otto worked for recording companies instead, together with two great Italian bandleaders such as Gorni Kramer and Pippo Barzizza.
The dispute led to the establishment of the Rhythm-and-Blues Foundation, which is supported by recording companies and issues grants to pioneering performers.
The fee, which will be probably be 2 to 5 percent of the retail price, would go to recording companies, songwriters and artists as compensation for lost revenue from home copying.
Hummer Winblad is also an investor in Liquid Audio, which is working with recording companies to develop technologies for the secure transfer of digital music over the Internet.
For a while Lo did some freelance design work while sending numerous demo tapes to record and label companies.
We should be making it clear that assignment for life without renewal clauses is no longer acceptable, and one of the prices recording companies must pay for any extension.