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From:
Chip
To:
Brett McCormick
Cc:
siliconvortex , i d m
Date:
Wed, 20 May 1998 16:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) the 900 number
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<Pine.GSO.3.96L.980520165112.15356A-100000@unixs4.cis.pitt.edu>
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<13667.15577.230506.299388@abraxas.scene.com>
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there is a certain point where personal beliefs don't make a difference. you have to be objective. what if i don't believe that murder is wrong? what if i *believe* it's a good thing? does that make me right? relativism only goes so far. well, no it doesn't. On Wed, 20 May 1998, Brett McCormick wrote:
quoted 29 lines What if we don't believe in intellectual property?> > What if we don't believe in intellectual property? > Or property at all, for that matter.. > > The voice of the public, > --brett > > ;) > > On Wed, 20 May 1998, at 17:06:49, siliconvortex wrote: > > > hey all you lot that grabbed the ae mp3s from babzani's www page (who in > > turn grabbed them from hotline...) > > > > so your conscience doesn't hang too heavily as you sleep in bed at night, > > for having naughty copies of warp's intellectual property, why not send them > > some cash for the privilege of hearing their music? quite simple really - i > > can email you their address if you need it. nothing too hard about that, is > > there? and you would be supporting the label and the group you all profess > > to love so much. maybe, if we all get behind them, they will be able to > > have a record vendor on every street corner in every town to sell you the > > originals of the music you ripped off because 'it's so impossible to find, > > maan'. > > > > in about a month i'll come back with the news from greg eden about how many > > mysterious money filled envelopes they received at their offices. > > > > <waves> >