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2003-03-12 17:18John Reading RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
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2003-03-12 17:18John Readingthey are my friends and co-workers, but still scurvy pirates. One actually has an eyepatch
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Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:18:54 -0500
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RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
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they are my friends and co-workers, but still scurvy pirates. One actually has an eyepatch. for every 100 retarded posts on this list there is one that I'm glad I didn't miss. It's sort of like a news service at the bus station. I think I will shut up now, though.
quoted 79 lines -----Original Message-----> -----Original Message----- > From: ben gill [mailto:gillette_foamy@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:10 PM > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: [idm] Indie Ethics > > > Well, they're thieves, obviously. Why don't you try > to get them fired? Or, instead of posting something > so fucking trite and mundane, beat the shit out of > them so you never have to see their pirate booties > again. Or don't do a fucking thing but complain to a > list which sucks a big fat dick nowadays, with perhaps > 2.5 intelligent members out of 900+ (derek, an unnamed > wildcard, and muffin's the .5). Quit wasting your > time and unsub from this piece of crap ASAP. > > > Ben > > Good morning, btw :) > > > --- John Reading <john.reading@us.didata.com> wrote: > > A little census from my office. I know of about > > 10-15 people that openly > > share pirated works and never buy cds. NEVER. > > > > recent offerings: > > new Amon Tobin > > new Massive Attack > > new Kopernik > > last Aphex (when new) > > > > I'm sure there's many more... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: daniel [mailto:daniel@aptrick.com] > > > > > > That is right on the mark. > > > > > > Whereas if said record label distributed cd's to a > > radio station > > > (promotion and radio play will inevitably increase > > album > > > sales) it is a > > > far cry different if mp3s are distro'd/pirated to > > a single user, when > > > the demographic typically indicates that people > > who regularly > > > d/k mp3's > > > rarely purchase music. While there is no hard > > evidence that people who > > > d/l music necessarily don't purchase music, I > > would bet two bucks that > > > they don't buy the same album they downloaded. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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