geez none of this makes a lick of sense to me tom. wonkwonkwahwonkwonk charlie brown teacher stylez. selling rare records that you legally own, where the demanding collector sets the price, is worse than ripping off somebody's music? huh??? well, nevermind anyways, i dont even want an explanation, i think you still got some of last weekend in your system !
-----Original Message----- From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jun 4, 2005 12:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) virtual sex lp repressed! ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN BOOTLEGGED,BURN THE BOOTLEGGERS --------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >a bit strongly put tom but i think you'd be hard pressed to find >anyone, who buys the kind of music we do, that hasn't *ever* bought a >bootleg. (as well as copying the occasional cd, tape etc etc. >everyone's done it.) i know. but thats what i find funny. everyone is up in arms about how bad bootlegging is until something they really want gets booted. and unless youre the most serious hardcore collecter (no one im friends with or that ive talked to!) who only wants originals, theres always going to be some record that someone wants. i feel like most people who would be buying bootlegs are people trying to play them out. and most people deejaying that i know lose crazy money on it already without having to shell out crazy $$$ to collectors for certain very difficult to obtain records. to be entirely honest, i find the people who charge crazy money for second hand records to be as or more vile than the bootleggers. >when you look at the situation without trying to find a side to sit on >it has to be said that it's impossible to justify bootlegs without >pulling the economic excuse, which just isn't a valid one. honestly, if things were available all the time i dont think anyone would ever buy a bootleg! most people inherently want to give the artists their money. >that said, at least there's a positive side to this (from a record >buying point of view). we've seen a lot of legit rereleases from labels >like planet e and artists licensing to properly done compilations that >could have possibly have been encouraged by the fact that demand for >bootlegs exists. and that is why im not entirely against the idea of bootlegging despite the fact that i own very very few bootlegs. tom ________________________________________________________________ andythepooh.com
