No need to troll, Jordan. Greg's been on this list for years, so he does
have a right to kindly admonish a newbie. Think about how you'd feel if you
were a professional musician and you saw people talking about how they
pirate your music rather than support you and your label. Sure, if you own
a copy of the release you're allowed to make copies, but otherwise it's
pretty unethical, even if it may not be illegal.
Jacob
-----Original Message-----
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:48:37 -0500
To: Greg Clow <greg@stainedproductions.com>, idm@hyperreal.org
From: Jordan Hare <Jordan.Hare@msdw.com>
Subject: Re: [idm] n5md md1
Message-ID: <3A6F3195.9472839E@msdw.com>
this post was a classic. i couldn't resist.
quoted 11 lines At 11:57 AM 1/28/01, genomaly@hushmail.com wrote:> At 11:57 AM 1/28/01, genomaly@hushmail.com wrote:
>
> >Its a shame that this never caught on here. I have had a minidisc
> >player/recorder
> >for the last 3 years and have purchased under 20 CDs since, probably one
> >tenth of the number that I had purchased in the year previous.
>
> Since you're new here, I'll give you some free advice - don't make a point
> of bragging about this sort of stuff on the list. Music piracy (MP3s,
> burning CDs, recording MDs, or whatever) is a fairly touchy subject here,
> especially since there are a lot of artists and label reps on the list,
and
quoted 1 line I for one don't want to see another flamewar about this subject erupt. :)> I for one don't want to see another flamewar about this subject erupt. :)
1) it ain't your list, and as your other post mentioned you can't even
contact the admin. so don't be dishing out free advice when you've got
no expertise.
2) he wasn't bragging, he was talking about how much he appreciated the
format. also, recording MDs for personal use (which is what he was
discussing) is considered legal under US anti-piracy laws and has been
for years and years.
3) so people shouldn't talk about mp3 and MD and cd-r because of label
reps? please. that's the lamest kind of deference i can imagine.
4) if you don't like flamewars or off-topic threads, unsubscribe from
this list or go form your own.
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