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... > > >
