on 27/5/03 10:45 am, Mac Duff wrote: > Also, if the music is good enough for you to keep, don't you think that it > is fair to pay the piper (et al)? If the music is "worthless", then I dare > everybody to delete them from their drives, right now.
I do, and I have. Its been said before, and with varying levels of sincerity, but P2P sharing is a good way of finding interesting/good music. Radio is mostly crap, word of mouth is limited, and when you get a good tip what happens? Either you sample it using P2P or the tipper gives you a copy of his/her CD because you can't find that music in the local music store (being a little unfair here, A&B here in Victoria is pretty good, but what about music lovers in less well served regions?). Oh, lets go back to making comp tapes for our friends? Wait, that was illegal too, right? Garage sales of old LPs? But isn't re-sale without artist/label comp illegal? The entire argument becomes leaky. And the whole notion of legality and complying to all the laws of the land is pretty well ridiculous, leaving aside ignorance (which as we all know is no defence), I'd make the outrageous assertion that we all break the laws of our land every single day, to one degree or another. If you have never gone over the posted speed limit, or jaywalked, or fudged ANYTHING on your taxes:), then let me know. The Second Coming is surely more than "at hand". This thread will never end :) Alistair [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.shaw.ca/albell -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
