----- Original Message ----- From: "Tosh Cooey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 6:53 AM Subject: [313] Duh..... you said the answer right there
> > From: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > So what are the general benefits to the public of copying? It sounds > > to me that the benefit of copying is the unimpeded sharing of > > information. Conceptually, this is a great idea. In practice I don't > > think this leaves us any way to support an artistic community. > > I want to emphacize this part: > > "In practice I don't think this leaves us any way to support an artistic > community." > > Do you know why? > > Because the "artistic community" has NOT presented us a way to support > them within the new context in which we exist. > > And the only way to change entrenched "communities" is via > confrontation, otherwise they will prefer to exist in entropy. > > We will pay, we have payed in the past and we will continue to pay but > they (the "artistic community") have to hold out a new hat for us to > support them with. Is it really so objectionable to pay the costs we currently pay for records? I don't mean $18 for a CD at Musicland. If you're so in need of mp3's right now, is there any reason you can't encode them yourself after you purchase the record or CD? This is still relatively young - give the smaller labels a chance to respond with hosting of their own mp3s and it will come. Look at 154's example. Do you think that the folks at Delsin are not doing everything in their power to provide the world with great music and an opportunity to hear it for free, often well in advance of the release date (not downloadable incidentally) at Nortroute. Do you think they're raking it in on their record and CD sales? I'll repeat: I don't care about major labels and their exploitation of consumers. I do care about their exploitation of artists but that's a different story that we just visited last week. I really care about whether or not underground music producers can continue to support themselves via their artistic efforts. What I'm seeing argued is that we should favor the tyranny of the majority over the tyranny of the minority, when *we are the minority*. I think that's backwards. We need to quit talking about major labels and think about our little world. Tristan ---------- http://ampcast.com/phonopsia <- My music http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Mixes, pics, thought, travelogue & info [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email <FrogboyMCI> <- AOL Instant Messenger _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
