[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> There isn't a contract between the artist and the public
> because there's a LAW that says that an artist's material belongs to the
> artist until s/he assigns the right to reproduce it to someone else in a
> contract. According to this argument, a company would be free to release
> material as long as it DIDN'T have a contract. The technical term for this
> is "ass-backwards."
Agree....
Following all of this bootlegging, music stealin', moral lacking, illegal
tappin' line of discussion --- someone might want to review the laws which
are nicely displayed on the WEB pages of ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.
Seems to me, it's pretty clear that no matter how much you "support" a
musician by buying their product, it'll be a pathetic bargaining chip at the
time a judge is figuring out your fine or prison sentence.
Kate.
