I wonder if retailers such as HMV, Borders etc (where I have occasionally seen CM CDRs for sale) would sell them if they knew they were CDRs. I've never purchased anything, even on the smallest of labels from any reputable retailer that has turned out to be CDR though there could be other examples I don't know of.

What happens in the case of tracks licensed from CM to other labels as has happened recently. Do the royalties go straight to the artists or back to CM and hence ??