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Originally Posted by WilderPegasus
Back in the day before the iTunes store there was a Russian website that sold albums digitally for pennies. They claimed some loophole in Russian copywrite law that allowed them to sell albums online. It was obviously stealing from the owners of the material but if the laws in their country allowed it would you feel it was stealing or getting creative to get the best price?
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I don't think the artist cares what country their royalty comes through. If I buy Anne Murray's 'ballads of the barnyard' from iTunes Canada or Google play USA, she is still getting her cut.
It sounds like your example is they are stealing her content, and selling it without cutting a royalty back to the artist. Which is wrong, since Anne Murray has such an angelic voice.