Hi All- I'd just like to chime in on this subject. I agree with Kevin.
After reading this > >> > """"STATEMENT TO MP3 OPERATORS FROM THE GRATEFUL DEAD No Commercial gain may be sought by websites offering digital files of our music, whether through advertising, EXPLOITING DATABASES COMPILED FROM THEIR TRAFFIC, OR ANY OTHER MEANS. All participants in such digital exchange acknolwedge and respect the copyrights of the performers, writers, and publishers of the music. This notice should be clearly posted on all sites that engage in this activity. We reserve the ability to withdrawl our sanction of noncomercial digital music should circumstances arise that comprimise our ability to protect and steward the integrety of our work.""""" I honestly believe we are the guardians of a vast treasure. I'm a dead head, and basically couldn't care less about most of the music out here on these pages, but I respect these other bands for the relationship they forge with thier fans. I definately think that putting a link to or subscription information for a comercial publication is exploiting the databases compiled on the etree website. I have no idea how many people this goes out to, but it's a lot. It's also targeted to a specific demographic audience. The argument with my logic is that etree doesn't make any money on it, because they aren't selling the list, but I maintain that the Dead and the other bands that are etree friendly will not see the distinction. I think that if I can't get free hardware or bandwidth by advertising on my site why should somebody else get a couple dozen subscritions and boost his advertising draw just by posting to this email list? But relix is small potatoes. Look at the email "branding" that goes on. Things like: "Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com"; have become so ubiquitous that we barely notice them they have become subliminal in a way. I disagree with all of the various forms of "branding" that's going on at the bottom of these emails. MSN, YAHOO, and the like are spaming us daily and exploiting the database through all of this email "branding". Well I guess that's enough of a rant for now. Let that be a lesson to you all, don't get the opinonated Irishman started. Wait wait wait . . . Let me get my asbestos jockeys on again. Okay flame away> Peace Oak The CDr Side of Town ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Prevent Piracy - Support your favorite etree-friendly band. Slowly take yer hands away from the keyboard, and step away from the computer. Now go see a show. Are you eXPperienced? Its all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago. I know Kung Fu. One way or another this darkness gotsta give! Trade offers and BnPs welcome: db.etree.org/CDrSideOTown _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
