>you havent answered the question! you still have people making money off of the artists despite not having done anything. i cant
hahaha what they did is they bought the record!! its called an investment! many things can appreciate in value! they're not making money "off the artist" which i take it you mean as cutting the artist out of money they should be getting. the artist got the money they were owed. either the seller bought the record while the record was in print, in a manner that the money travelled down the line from shop to distrib to label to artist -- or somebody along the line did, if you're buying it used in a record store. >see how this is justified by the demand but bootlegging by demand isnt. either way you have someone who had nothing to do with the record being made making money. damn is this really that difficult for you? price is justified by supply and demand. thats it. bootleg is justified by nothing because it is illegal theft. somebody selling a rare record has something to do with the record -- they bought it -- if they bought it new, their money even travelled down the line to the artist (hopefully). and it's legally theirs. you can build a house and sell it to someone; when they sell it years later, and the house has appreciated in value, it doesnt mean you are owed anything. the whole thing went down nice and legal and its all done see. bootleggers have nothing to do with the record tho, yes -- thay have no legal right to do what they do. see like laws and property and the bigger economic picture have a lot to do with this. stop philosophizing you dreamer
