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From:
Irene McC
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Date:
Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:12:21 +0200
Subject:
Re: (idm) thieving
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On 31 Oct 97, Philip Hugh Sherburne wrote:
quoted 2 lines so the issue, as i see it, is the question: what gives you the> so the issue, as i see it, is the question: what gives you the > innate (or inalienable) right to hear a given recording?
It can only do the musician/s good to have their music disseminated - that is, after all, the reason they record it, rather than just sit in their bedrooms plinking away quietly to themselves. I've often been introduced to music via a mixed tape from someone and then gone out and bought the CD, which I would not even have been aware of before hearing the compilation. I *