If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

[trev]

wot beautiful pictures are those then...ha ha ha

real festival music is the only site with beautiful lovely wonderful 
pictures on it

there are even some of me on it me me me me me d'ya hear???

REAL FESTIVAL MUSIC - RFM http://www.realfestivalmusic.co.uk
Festival CD's, Festival Photo Reviews, Festival Listings, Video Downloads, 
News, Healers

so there!

trev

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From: "Steve Pond" <Steve at DOREMI.CO.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:35 PM
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Subject: Re: If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:53:33 -0700, you sent through the ether:
>
>>But how about if thousands of internet users started downloading those
>>beautiful pictures on your website. Wouldn't you want to be paid a little
>>something? Wouldn't you like to have a choice?
>
> That's not really the same, the images on my website are uploaded at a
> resolution that won't print larger than about 2" across, if people
> want to buy proper prints there's only one place to get them.
>
> Record companies have only themselves to blame for letting the music
> genie out of the bottle, if they'd acted quickly, and priced
> competitively every record company would have an online store and
> itunes wouldn't exist.
>
> But record companies were too welded to selling slices of plastic at
> gigantic profits.
>
> It's all moot anyway, I think we're in a transitional phase, the
> obvious end game is an annual "media fee" which will give you access
> to all music on the servers controlled by whoever is charging the
> fee.. 10 mergers down the line and that will be one server and one
> fee. (Ditto movies) the concept of "owning" music is outdated.
>
> Smaller bands will survive by playing live and offering value added
> content on their own website's, forums with active band members and
> daily/regular blogs from the band themselves, discount live tickets,
> merchandise etc.. think of it as philanthropy.. Like Hawkwind? £5 per
> annum straight to the band for access to the good stuff on the website
> is a) cheaper than an annual CD release, and b) gives the band 500%
> more than they got 10 years ago if you bought their annual CD release.
>
> My comment was prompted more by my own experiences which are that
> record companies release my music "officially" and I never get paid. I
> call it theft.
>
> The Calvert Carlisle MP3's we've been giving away for 10 years on my
> website are being released by Voiceprint soon, have Fred or I been
> consulted? asked to supply sleeve notes? offered a free copy? entered
> into any sort of agreement?  Nope.
>
> I hope it shows up on the Torrents the day after release.
>
> -Steve
>