>>Doug: Who do you think produces the stuff that Sony et al market?
>
>Most cds are manufactured by a handful of Taiwanese companies,
>either in Taiwan, or increasingly in China. If they're coming out of
>Taiwan, chances are it's migrant workers who are actually running
>the machines. Dunno where the cds are burned. Are they sent back to
>be imprinted in the imperium, or does the semi-periphery get to burn
>the center's popular toys? Ditto for the jewel cases and packaging.
I mean the "software," as they say - the music, not the physical objects.
Doug