> So is there anyone here who refuses to buy used CD's? Myke?
I own nearly 1,700 CDs and a great many of them were purchased used.
Used CDs do not rob artists. One CD is expected to sell one time.
Whatever happens to it after that is irrelevant.
As for promo CDs, I have maybe 1 or 2. I don't particularly like
the gold stamp on the cover of the booklet that obscures the graphics.
Promos by definition are not expected to garner a profit for the artist
by direct acquisition. If a radio station chooses to sell a promo CD
illegally then they are the ones ripping off the artist(s) in question
by doing so. Once that CD ends up in a used CD shoppe it becomes a
product just like any other as far as that record shoppe and its
customers are concerned. If I buy a promo I have no guilt, however,
I am troubled that radio stations and DJs could be so immoral.
I am also troubled by the wanton disregard for artists exhibited by
illegal, independent, internet MP3 "distributors" and at this time see
that the only way I can protect my works from being abused by these
same people behind my back is by not allowing the works to be made
available at all to the general public. This is not what I would
prefer but I believe there is a certain degree of integrity associated
with my recordings and if locking them away is what is required to
preserve that then so be it.
Myke
