3 Jul
2003
3 Jul
'03
1:33 a.m.
Plus with all the great, creative sounds being made by the members of this
list alone, there's absolutely no reason to buy major record label
product. I can find higher quality music being given away by the artist
for free than its possible to find in all the archives of major labels
(well, ok Hendrix is major label, but look, they assainated him).
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Paul Perkins wrote:
On Wednesday 02 July 2003 01:52 pm, Mark Knecht
wrote:
In my mind, using something I didn't pay for,
or didn't pay the money to
the real owner, just isn't right. Theft is one word for this if you
actively seek out this property. Accepting stolen goods might be another
term if someone just gives it to me.
Well, look at typical music industry practice in dealing with musicians. Most
of the time, the creative talent gets ripped off (not paid) by the record
company. Then by the above rule, buying a "legitimate record company" CD is
"accepting stolen goods". So there is no morally correct way to hear
"music
industry product" recordings. Maybe everyone should go back to making their
own music, live, at least until the RIAA cartel withers away. Or at least
keeps the ownership of the recordings out of the hands of those crooks.
OK, OK, mostly off-topic, but not completely...