ack. final round. i've been bashed enough thanks :) i am not going to
post again on this topic as i think i've now had time to compose a
slightly more robust defence and this (albeit usefull) topic is now
exhausted.
ah the thrill of chase etc.
On Wed, 07 May 1997 20:58:09 +0100, you wrote:
quoted 5 lines it's nothing, REPEAT, *NOTHING* to do with profit; for fucks sake
>>it's nothing, REPEAT, *NOTHING* to do with profit; for fucks sake
>>pressing the thing up in the first place and giving them away for free
>>must have cost us nearly a grand.
>
>and who did you give them to? pisshead radio jocksquoted 1 line and where did I mention profit?
>and where did I mention profit?quoted 17 lines we probably could make money from it if we wanted to, give it a fancy
>>we probably could make money from it if we wanted to, give it a fancy
>>cover, sell it as an exclusive mix, exclusive tracks etc - but we're
>>not, because that's not what we're about - as many people have said -
>>whilst it's good it's not that good and certainly doesn't warrant a
>>full album release.
>
>right, so why the ball-ache over 10 'unauthorised' copies of a free record
>that you don't even WANT to release? infact, why do you think you're so
>important that people need to know your opinion on this? warp records
>doesn't even come into the equation, this is a guy who is doing a great
>favor for a few net-friends, and for you to poke your nose in and start
>crying over 'spoiling autechre's b(r)and image' and the CARDINAL sin of
>'breaking copyright law', well if I may say to you all, WHAT A SACK OF
>CRAP! you should be HAPPY and, indeed, OVER THE MOON that people
>(including myself) like your music enough to want to go to this length to
>enable people to hear it, because that's what this is about, people sharing
>music for the love of it. quoted 2 lines do you remember feeling like this before the
>do you remember feeling like this before the
>cash register landed on your head?quoted 2 lines and as for ordering some poor guy to take the ra file off his site, well,
>and as for ordering some poor guy to take the ra file off his site, well,
>just what do you think you're playing at here?quoted 1 line REMEMBER KIDS, HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC. AND IT'S ILLEGAL!
>REMEMBER KIDS, HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC. AND IT'S ILLEGAL!quoted 13 lines it about a principle. the principle is copyright and almost none of
>>it about a principle. the principle is copyright and almost none of
>>you seem to understand it.
>
>so it is about profit then. 'we are reasonable people' indeed. what
>month, or what year was it, that w.a.r.p changed its name to w.a.w, stopped
>caring about the people who support them and became this horrible,
>grotesque, DISTANT corporation that releases limited editions 'because it's
>a street thing to do' yet keeps the bandwagon rolling, ready for the
>inevitable american buyout. i suppose i'll have to start saving up already
>for the car, the house, the washing machine and the warp box set because
>what i'm seeing is a major label being born here, not the innovative team i
>thought you were once, but of course you don't care about me, because i'm
>just a number or a lemming, filling your bank accounts with blood moneyquoted 3 lines if you want to talk about profit margins, charts and graphs, advertising
>if you want to talk about profit margins, charts and graphs, advertising
>agency budgets and long-term company strategy, well, give your accountant a
>call or something, i don't think anyone here wants to hear it. quoted 7 lines the fact
>the fact
>that you constantly whine about such things is absolute proof to me that
>you've lost it big time. and if you want to be scared by something, well,
>i just took delivery of a video8 machine that records 24 HOURS of digital
>audio approaching dat quality on a 5 quid cassette, and if anyone out there
>has one of these, let's do some trades, and 2 fingers to the gordon geckos
>of this world