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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