D.Currie wrote:
> It always amuses me when someone looks at a CD (music or software) and
> wonders why it costs so much when it's just a couple pennies worth of
> plastic. But everyone from the CEO to the guy who cleans the offices at
> night has to be paid from the "profit" on the CD.

Er, no.

In the corporate world, "profit" is what you have left after the help
are paid.

It costs about a buck to produce each CD, including labor and
management and advertising and distribution. And royalties are about
another dollar.

The other $13.99 is pure cash profit in the record company's bank
account. Which is why it's so valuable to them to continue to be
absolutely draconian about intellectual property.

--Blair