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Label destroys 20,000 CDs to avoid royalty demand

Label destroys 20,000 CDs to avoid royalty demand

The German label Dabringhaus und Grimm has ordered an enoromous skip in which it will crunch up 20,000 unsold classical CDs, rather than paying a five-figure royalty demand from the collection agency Gema.

Full story on Backstage Classical.

Just another wasted opportunity in a lengthy, inexorable decline.

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