--- brian albers <brianalbers@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 5 lines I don't
> I don't
> think any artist make
> music for people NOT to hear (unless you're the
> Residents, then all bets are
> off).
Certainly many artists create not for an audience.
Many artists keep work for themselves or decide later
on that they would prefer people not pay attention to
some earlier work. If an artist or label chooses to
make a certain number of something, that's the amount
they are willing to let loose into the world.
quoted 8 lines So in the end, the sale of cd-rs shouldn't be
> So in the end, the sale of cd-rs shouldn't be
> tolerated. But I think there
> has to be some consideration to the fact that some
> of these releases are so
> rare/limited that I
> as a regular consumer
> don't have a chance of getting this music any other
> way.
You don't have a right to the music. You have no
rights here whatsoever, until you pay the creator.
That's kinda the whole point. I used to relatively
share your point of view, but recent events in my life
have led me to see that an artist has full rights over
their creation. It's the "fan" attitude that assumes,
because one wishes it were this way, that the artist
is creating for them and certainly fans have the right
to know, hear, see, etc. everything related to the
artist. This is wrong. You have only the rights that
the artist grants to you, just like you don't have the
right to punch me in the mouth just because you really
really want to.
If the artist or label bestows 100 of X upon the
world, that's how much right the world has to X. End
of story.
Of course things are a little more complicated, but
that's basically how I see it.
-Lord High Damek,
Ambassador of Love
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