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From:
EggyToast
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Date:
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:56:02 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] Indie Ethics
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c said:
quoted 13 lines no john you make a great point. i pay for all my music unless it is an> no john you make a great point. i pay for all my music unless it is an > mp3 only release. > im an artist. it is the right thing to do. mp3's arent hurting > metallica, they hurt the indie labels and artists. nothing wrong with > mp3's themselves it is how they are used (or misused) if you support > indie music, you buy the release. > > i was at a radio station once where the dj's (rather than buy and > support the cool music they loved so much) would hook up a laptop to > the internet and stream mp3's over the airwaves.........something just > not right about that in my world > im sure i'll catch flack for my comments, but that is my two cents as > both a consumer and an artist.
They don't buy the CD's they play, either. Radio stations are on promo lists and usually get releases for free anyway. Obviously *that's* hurting record labels more than mp3's that require no production costs, eh? Wait, what's radio for again? -- eggytoast.com - eggtastic.com ------ catchy signature coming soon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org