Post #155748 by WillTiki on Fri, Apr 29, 2005 10:56 AM

Of course it is all about the money. It all boils down to who owns or has control of the ("intellectual property") rights. A movie, album, song, book article etc. cannot legally, re-edited or otherwise, be offered for sale or for free, by anyone other than those with the legal (copy)right to do so. Those edited WalMart versions are made with the signed consent of the artists whether they now like it or not. Many musicians are becoming dissatisfied with music publishing companies policies and profits and are using cheap, available technology to publish their own CD's etc. If you do not support a companies practices, then do not support the companies.