I tired a sweeter approach. To me, this is an issue for tapers. If people sell a
band's shit, they're goning to start saying NO to tapers. I've had tons of people
selling shit on eBAY that I recorded myself. Somebody made $60 off a Built to Spill
show that I recorded at the Crystal Ballroom. What can you do?? I emailed Waner
Bros., Doug and Karena (their address is on builttospill.net), and eBAY. eBAY told me
that they wouldn't do anything about it after a "so called" investigation. They will
only remove stuff by the request of the parties holding copyrights!!
ALL YOU CAN DO IS EDUCATE THESE PEOPLE. When I send nasty emails, I only get back
nasty remarks back. Talk to them intelligently and you'll get a better response.
Just tell him that you don't want people selling shit from you're favorite band or
your favorite band will stop letting people record their shows. This is the true
crime. And they should understand.
Offering bidders free stuff will help IF you educate them too. I've talked to a few
people about effective ways of keeping people from selling recordings. It seems that
the only way will be to cut the demand.
My 2 cents
>>> Russ Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/09/00 08:25PM >>>
doods this kid is super pissed at me hahahaha
i found him on IRC and totally bitched him out. told him about ethic and
about how im trying to STOP shit like this by giving out the boots. he
claims he didnt get the files from my site, but i put them on some other
sites, so they are the files that i made. hmmmm. but i guess some of you
emailed him and said some nasty shit? good job. keep it up. i think i am
starting to crack his conscience. plus i think ebay will pull the
auction.
forwarded is his latest reply. sorry if you dont care about this. i hate
to clutter the list up with dumb shit.
russ
