Hawkwind MP3's

[Horse]

Greetings

Not unreasonably I find myself sympathizing with both camps on this issue. On the one
hand Hawkfans want access to the music and on the other hand no-one (hopefully)
wants to rip off Hawkwind.

So a compromise could be that if you manage to get hold of MP3ed versions of material
that is not currently available by any other reasonable means then send a donation to
Hawkwind stating that it is a contribution to the legal defence procedings currently
underway. Two or three quid for an MP3ed album seems reasonable to me. And make a
mental note to buy the cd's as and when they are re-released.

By doing this, those that care (Hawkfans and Hawkwind) win and those that don't care
get sent a simple message - stop fucking about and give us what we want or we'll take it
anyway.

It may not be entirely legal but it's entirely moral which is a lot more important.

Horse



On 12 Nov 2002 at 2:28, Michael Blackman wrote:

> > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 04:04:01AM -0500, SUBSCRIBE BOC-L dr_technical
> wrote:
> > => Stop being such a self righteous prat. I've spent hundreds of £'s on
> all
> > => the original recordings on vinyl over the years. Tell me where you can
> > => find any Bob Calvert album, christ you couldn't even get it on vinyl a
> > => year after it was released.
> > =>
> > => I do not want to make money, simply expand my collection onto CD
> without
> > => having to transfer them myself!
> >
> > You said in your inaugural e-mail to this list that you were thinking
> > of attending the upcoming tour.  So, I have a suggestion for you.  Why
> > don't you e-mail or write to Mission Control and ask them for a
> > backstage pass, explaining your situation.  That way, you can ask Dave
> > himself where you might get ahold of MPEGs of his back catalogue,
> > based on what you already have to trade and give away.  Dave is very
> > helpful, and I'm sure he'd be glad to discuss this with you.
>