>> Roman >> It matters not a jot if Matanya were the devil incarnate. We're not >> dealing in personalities, here, but with a moral dilemma. > Indeed. And it is essentially: "Should we listen to a lecture on Armenian > culture by an Ottoman Turk?" > >> What this >> gentleman is doing - in the name of musicians everywhere - is all he can to >> make music MORE expensive. Speaking for those of us who actually purchase >> the stuff, I do not appreciate the notion that some one are above doing that >> very thing. > I disagree. > Firstly: > you and MO accused Ariel of "stealing", a venture of gratuitous idiocy, IMHO, > and actionable as libellous. > "Theft" just doesn't apply here. Maybe MO has easier time with Russian than English: OTSUTSTVIE SOSTAVA PRESTUPLENIJA, ie. lack of criminal content. > Secondly: > As any psychologist might tell you "it takes 2 to tango". MO has his > self-interests [and sycophants] and we have ours. He wants to maximize his > profit, we want to maximize ours. That Capitalism, FYI. No one is inherently > evil in this. MO minimizes his overhead by mostly reusing public domain > material and making us pay for it, or obtaining his materials in the countries > where a dollar goes a long way. Or where a promise of one goes a long way.
> We buy SPES editions instead of his, or use > e-editions, or make copies of the same PUBLIC DOMAIN material. > Legal, moral, natural. > MO cannot blame lutenists for his lack of business acumen. "Talk British, but > think Yiddish" may be a recipe for success , but one would have to be able to > talk British, and the man is so vulgar that he makes civilized people ears > wilt. And vulgarity aside, MO's comments are inappropriate, inopportune and out of place. RT
