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Computers are for word processing, desktop publishing, internet access, PC gaming, graphic design and things of that nature. I want my music either pressed into groves on a round piece of vinyl or encoded in Redbook on a compact disk. (what’s the big deal about editing posts in the News thread?) If...

Artists pay the bills by touring. I'd be curious why you think that. The only people that stand to really lose to illegal downloading are the major labels. I know a lot of artists who would disagree with you. There's a big difference between downloading a Kenny Chesney cd and an Ani Difranco cd. On...

12vmanRick wrote:

Key Lime Lee wrote:
Go to the library.

LOL.. I wasn't buying Hank Williams or some obscure jazz.

Oh they have those Debbie Gibson records you want...

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this too is distribution right? It may not be mass file sharing, but I still see it a distribution as a customer was lost for those particular CDs. I’m really considering just saying no the next time it happens. To me its the scale of the distribution that makes the dif...

Lee I have to say that .99 is too much to sample a song. It's just the way I feel. If I could go to the artists site and say download 1/2 or let's say do like AOL and say "this is an AOL sample song" or whatever their exact thing was when I first heard Jimmys A Salty Piece of Land.. that'...

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this too is distribution right? It may not be mass file sharing, but I still see it a distribution as a customer was lost for those particular CDs. I’m really considering just saying no the next time it happens. To me its the scale of the distribution that makes the dif...

What bothered me in both Napster and Grokster is the idea that my music is being used illegally to build a business without either my permission or financial compensation. Well, that’s the music industry for ya! J/K :lol: [/quote] Nah, the industry lets you sign a contract and lets you think they'r...

Lee I understand it from YOUR perspective but honestly the ones screaming loudest are the richest! Well two things on that: 1) They're not the only ones screaming, but they're the ones who get quoted because they're famous. The list of lesser-known artists is huge, but honestly no one is asking me ...

what it may do is put Phjim/BN and the software firm that supplies the discussion board software in jeparody of being sued because they do not prevent file sharing. I think the ruling was far narrower than that. The justices went out of their way to stress that what put Grokster at fault was not ju...

I disagree Rick... Napster made a ton of money through advertising by encouraging folks to trade songs, including many of mine. None of that money was shared with me but, more importantly, I was never asked my permission to share my music across their network. For a lot of people its the principle o...

I disagree Rick... Napster made a ton of money through advertising by encouraging folks to trade songs, including many of mine. None of that money was shared with me but, more importantly, I was never asked my permission to share my music across the network. For a lot of people its the principle of ...

sailingagain wrote:

LIPH wrote:I don't have any, just thought I'd start a thread for people who like to p*** in the punch bowl.

I don't want to criticize. I just want to p*** in a punch bowl. It sounds like a good time.

There's a website for people with your particular penchant, SA...

How does this effect those who download shows from some of the free sites mentioned on BN? :-? It doesn't... that's always been technically illegal. This is about whether a software company can be held liable for the crimes committed by the end user, specifically in a case where the software compan...

LIPH wrote:Don't you mean "hippie-crites"?

Hey, I cut my hair...

(and I have more of it than you do... )

Here's my close encounter.... I work for a giant publishing company, that was owned by a giant communications company and so Mal and I were actually once co- workers. Mal knows Four Play and Four Play met Jimmy in a restaurant the other night. Now how cool is that. I can't believe you wouldn't resp...

I guess you didn't get the thinly veiled message about how much I hate hypocrites. "Hey please respect his privacy while I completely ignore it" A chance encounter and politely engaging Jimmy on his way out of a restaurant... cool. Announcing the name the restaurant the band eats at so ne...

take off your wishful thinking hat and answer this one. it costs the same to issue and promote a potential 40 mil copy seller from the latest poptart singer or spend the money a JB re-issue that may sell 100,000 copies where are you gonna put your money, and no you can't do both your corporate shar...

Besides, maybe Jimmy is too damn busy moving forward to dawdle in the past.

Parrot Monkey wrote:
In 18 years I would think he would had been able to find some time and money to donate to the recordings that got him to where he is.

(simply because you want him to)

Parrot Monkey wrote: I’m sure if he were participating in this thread he would say something against my post, I just don’t get why.

Because he works with the people who make decisions like that and he understands what factors into their decisions. It's not speculation on his part - he plays at that level every day.