If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

[Ian Abrahams]

Which have hopefully previously been used to generate publicity and sell albums. If you haven't got any publicity, you've not got any sales anyway...




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From: gary shindler <bewlay68 at YAHOO.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:19:09 PM
Subject: Re: If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

But a large number of CDs, albums, etc. at used shops are promo copies that the bands are charged for in their advance. 


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From: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:28:02 AM
Subject: Re: If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

On 25 Mar 2009, at 09:46, gary shindler wrote:
> I even try not to buy used copies, the artist doesn't get any pay for that.


Well, the artist _did_ get paid when the first person bought it.  :)  Otherwise, with this argument, we may as well say that renting an apartment is immoral because the architect or construction workers aren't getting a continuing cut of the building they designed or built. :)

Cheers,
Carl

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