I actually agree with you on this. For instance, it would have been
nice if Virgin had delved into the vaults and found some of the demos
themselves and included them on the remastered CDs just issued.
However, it's easy to argue that if these songs are not available
legit, then the record company are not losing out on legal sales. This
is a problem if the marketplace is flooded with bootlegs, this would
then potentially damage any future legitimate releases, beause people
would not need to buy the official product-endangering future
legitimate archive releases.
It's because we love the band so much it annoys us that they're
are being abused to line some other peoples pockets.
I don't really want to go into the MP3 debate, 'cos thats raged on and
on on just about every other newsgroup/mailing list I've used in the
last 6 months.
>
> I believe that bootllegs and any breaking of copyright laws should
not take
> place. But the reason we buy them is because the record
labels/bands don't
> release the stuff we rearly want to hear. The demos of the songs
that never
> make and that live version they played in front of 24 people in some
pub
> before they hit the big time.
>
> Hands up whos used Napster to download copyrigthed songs
> Hands up whos recorded songs off the radio
> Hands up whoscopied there mats Cd on to tape
> Hands up whos made copies of cds so they can listern to it in the
> car.
Actually, I've not done any of those. Really! I have copied my records
onto CD, which is technically illegaly, but maybe not morally so, and
I think that's the main point here.
>
> These all break copyright laws but these things happen.
>
> I first Madness album was a copy. My sister wouldn't let me borrow
is as
> much as I wanted so I copied it on to tape. Did this affect the
band in any
> way. Yes I then went out to buy every other album they ever did.
So copies
> and Mp3s don't always take money away from the band. I use Napster
to
> download the odd song that I like but don't like enought of the
bands other
> songs to buy the album.
>
> I don't think that bootlegs do as much damage to record labels and
bands as
> much as people say.
>
> Its nice to have a good talking point back on the list.
Agreed!
>
>
> Mark Adamson
All the best
Andy
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