--- Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > BTW I respect Ron and his work but I am not prepared > to let that little > slight go by. tX is a highly undervalued piece of > software and anyone > who uses it deserves more encouragement to do > whatever the hell they > feel like with it. If a member of this list > personally doesn't like > artwork that is made public here then they are free > to criticize it but > telling someone to stop doing what they are doing > because they are not > original is BS. I do not support, want to be associated with or tolerate violating artist rights. I love and live for music and musicians. You have conjured up a set of arguments to justify your actions. Does violating copyrights do the artist a favor by creating revenue and promotional opportunity? No! I've seen this first hand and know the outcome. Experience outweighs assumptions. Your a criminal for personal gain, artistic, social and economic change. A Robin Hood for artists? A problem is that "digital musicians" who violate copyrights as a rule return nothing. As an artist, I will tell you that your assistance in building my career through copyright violations is unwanted. I have laughed about similar strategies, naming my album Evil Inside, in order to create publicity. These strategies are a two minute giggle and that's about it. I converted my commercial studio to Linux in 2001. I have about a dozen start to finish albums done with Ardour, JAMin and LADSPA and several terabytes more in the oven. I've learned alot from Linux users and software developers. I feel a dept of gratitude and have an opportunity to give something back. I'll do my best. I am obsessed with becoming a perfect musician and time is a premium. I need to spend mine on a drum throne at 80bpm for the next couple years (Chinese water torture comes to mind). Thanks for everything. I am unsubscribed. Ron Parker Mirror Image Studio > I have yet to meet a DJ who has not got a sample in > their collection or > has not been heavily influenced by someone else's > music to the point of > having a couple of tracks that emulate or borrow > heavily from the > "originator". In fact you can't really call yourself > a DJ if you don't > have other peoples work in your collection. > > In fact I have yet to hear any truly original music > being released by > anyone in this community. Should we all just give up > now? > > > -- > Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. > Http://www.boosthardware.com > Http://lau.linuxaudio.org - The Linux Audio Users > guide > ======================================== > > "Anything your mind can see you can manifest > physically, then it will > become reality" - Macka B > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
