1. I've never been concerned about doing things that are illegal, isn't that what makes underground, well, underground? Hey, I'm an anarchist though...
2. As I have said many times, I buy as many records as I can afford. I love vinyl. Soulseek does not change my record buying, it just makes me a better informed consumer. Soulseek actually increases my craving for record buying. The biggest problem is that often I CAN'T FIND MOST OF THE RECORDS I REALLY WANT in stores... Yes, people will trade your tracks for free and make new friends while doing it. BUT, they just might buy your record when they see it, which is pretty unlikely if they never heard of you before. I bet most true music lovers feel the same way I do. In the long run, I just don't buy that P2P will ruin the industry. I feel the same way about software. I would have never purchased a legit copy of Ableton if I hadn't tried it, really liked the product, and decided their company was worth giving my money too. My most recent craving is some stuff from Breakin Records, never listened to that label before, some wicked electro and acid. That actually stems from checking out a link to Cylob's live set off of his website. But I bet none of the local shops carry it. I really don't like internet mail order much, but I might have to do it, because distribution in the US sucks right now. ~David ---------- Original Message ------------- Subject: Re: (313) tons of tones / future ?? Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:12:23 +1300 From: Simon Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 313 <[email protected]> Alright ' I know there is no ethics going down on this thread. but it's starting to sound down right loverly ' this business of trading other people music without their permission .. just cause I'm friends with my drug dealer doesn't make it legal .. I guess I'm mostly wondering where all this is going to take us . Pitch Black ' NZ biggest electronic band have basically committed to never making money from an album due to the ability to copy and share their music .. It hasn't stopped them making music, but their love is our enjoyment. Six months ago . the word about P2P is that it will only hurt the majors ' but as we are all obviously willing to seek and share more obscure and leftfield music . where does that leave the minority players . . also only money being talked about here ' is going towards the development of a better file sharing network .. / please understand I'm not speaking against P2P I am just interested to see where people on the list believe this will take music and the artist ' as we progress down this path .. there may be some positive outcomes in the long run .. but currently ' if your music is good .. then expect for it to be handed around freely while people make friends in the process .. I'm not innocent ' just curious about future navigation .simon Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Simon Hindle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>My favourite thing about slsk is the way you can chat with the people >>you're downloading from, and browse their other files as well. > > > exactly. there really is a community based around it with many > many cool people. i never just chat on the internet (im more a > message board/email list kinda guy ;) but ive spent some time > talking to people just learning about good music. > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > > > > >
