OFF: Napster

[Paul Mather]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Michael S. Habiby wrote:

=> The only place to get MP3's is MP3.com where the ARTIST posts the music.
=>
=> Anything else is just so much piracy.

Not true!!!!!  There are some enlightened bands who allow fans to tape
and trade their live music.  My little collection of Gov't Mule MPEG
Audio live shows is linked to from the band's official WWW page, for
example.  There are other sites, like sugarmegs, for example, that have
archives of live shows from bands that allow taping.

=> Think how fast Dave and the boys would wither if their releases were zapped
=> out in MP3 instead of us going out and buying them.

I agree.  Remember the old adage: buy what they sell; share what they
give!

Cheers,

Paul.

NP: Gov't Mule, 12/31/99

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
 deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
        --- Frank Vincent Zappa