I have to agree. First of all the artist who made record never gets any money from a bootleg, the bootleggers are cashing in on money belonging to first of all the artist and second to the original record label. The bootleggers are getting money which does not belong to them, they are stealing it, it is a theft.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I find myself waiting for Otto to chime in here (the man has > a doctorate in > issues relating to supply and demand after all). But I don't > want to put > him on the spot. ;) So here's my humble opinion: > > Unfortunately, this may be the result of fallout from the heavyhanded > tactics of the record industry. Let me try to clarify. > > Underground Artist X forms a label and minimizes supply as an artistic > statement or business decision (whichever, does not matter). > Greedy Fan Y > decides to cash in on higher demand by bootlegging. Greedy Fan Y is > breaking the law. Y could have asked for licensing rights > and given a cut > back to artist X. > > But artist X will not do business with Y, in part because of > a complete > mistrust fostered by the record industry's history of ripping > off artists. > > This is the pure (albeit ugly) nature of free markets, no? > Survival of the > opportunist? I am NOT condoning bootlegging. > > The piece that's missing is the free flow of information from > the willing > buyer to the copyright owner. This is what a lot of artists > are trying to > figure out lately. Of course I am not taking into account > the economics of > vinyl production and single copy distribution. > > Final thoughts: If that pre-order deepchord CD was available > from their > site, I'd order now. I am about to own a legit copy of > Beltran's "10 Days > of Blue" after waiting 6 years to hear it. > -- > im > -------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER De gemeente Almelo aanvaardt voor haar medewerkers geen enkele aansprakelijkheid voor eventueel onjuist, onrechtmatig of ontoelaatbaar geacht gebruik van e-mail (inclusief bijlagen). Dit e-mail bericht is door de gemeente Almelo gecontroleerd op de aanwezigheid van eventuele virussen. Wij kunnen echter geen garantie afgeven dat al onze e-mail berichten volledig virus vrij zijn. Het is daarom verstandig uw binnenkomende e-mail berichten zelf op de mogelijke aanwezigheid van virussen te controleren. --------------------------------------------------------------
