FYI, a little known fact about the BMG music club

You ever wonder how BMG Music Club offer(ed) their CDS for so cheap?

Well, here's your answer:

BMG buys CDs from the record companies for discounted prices.  The discount is applied with the understanding that the artists who made the music ON the CDs possible will not be paid for those copies that BMG sells to their customers.

Hold up, you might ask; that doesn't make any sense (right?).  Well, it doesn't.  In order to MAKE it make sense, BMG includes a policy with their terms of service that states BMG MEMBERS ARE NOT MEANT TO RESELL THIS/THESE CD's! 

Ignoring this policy and reselling those CDs anyway isn't a big deal to a lot of the buyer(s), especially those who buy all their stuff 'in-store' where they can inspect their merchandise before they buy.  But regardless if you buy it in store or online where most sellers don't even mention this "minor" detail, the used CD market is, in theory, a place where artists who inadvertently (or perhaps intentionally, but not likely...) sold their CD to someone who never wanted it to begin with, can be at peace knowing that SOMEWHERE down the line, that CD that was wrongly sold to someone will be enjoyed, as was intended.  Personally, I think BMG Music Club is wrong in its very existence, but if it stays in the club, there's no legal basis for intervention.  The problem is, it doesn't always stay in the club.