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From:
EggyToast
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Date:
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:03:10 -0500
Subject:
Re: [idm] Indie Ethics
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<5.2.0.9.0.20030311190158.0153d280@mail.eggtastic.com>
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At 05:41 PM 3/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 6 lines Look the way I see it, if someone spends money to create something and they>Look the way I see it, if someone spends money to create something and they >put it in the marketplace to profit from that creation then anything that >doesn't involve the exchange of money for it qualifies as a form of >stealing. If they wanted to give it away for free then it should be their >choice as to whether they want to do so, not arbitrarily decided by people >with access to the ability to do so.
How does that work for promo CD's? Those are given away for free. Radio CD's? Free. They're expected to be played for hundreds (thousands if it's a popular group) of people at no cost to the people. derek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org