ok....so we have established that it was wrong and all that and any profit
margin is wrong (this is a fine line, if you consider a new bootleg in
exchange a profit as well.... I.E. trading tapes) but just for the record it
wasn't 9$ worth of my time. CD-R's for your computer are like 2$ but I
don't have a CD-R writter for my computer. All I have access to is my
friends audio only cd writter. And the cd's for it are 5$ each (*readers
note* you can't use a regular CD-R in these so if you are in the
market...get one for your computer I know he wishes he did). I also printed
labels for the cd's. Anyway...in all I was looking at about 5bucks profit
per disc. and I was only making 13. If you consider the writter writes in
"real-time" 73mins, equals less than minimum wage. And since I make 3 times
minimum wage at work, I obviously wasn't in it for the money. Anyway, I
won't bore the list with this anymore and this letter isn't meant as a
justification or a defense just an explaination. ---mike
> I can dig that your selling the cds and a lot of time & effort goes into
> it--buying the cdrs, burning 'em, mailing them...but $13 is a lot of
money.
> bootlegging in my opinion has always been about fans trading tapes and
> stuff, like the many people that post mp3s for free whenever possible.
> Selling a cd for $13 also hurts the band, man. It's like you're cuttin in
> on their cash by selling them. I know that even though it costs you $$$ to
> do this you're making money on the deal...CD-R's are like $2, and shipping
> can't be more than $2. Burning the CD takes some of your time, but $9
worth
> of your time?? I'm not claiming to know exactly how much it costs you, but
> it appears you're making a profit off of something you have no right to
> profit from.
>
