[TriLUG] Music Files (and a small rant)

[David McDowell]

I agree with Michael 100%, particularly since I'm a
musician/songwriter/artist... but I think this thread has well...
anyway...

It was just about 500GB of space... like Mark said.  :)  :)  glad to
see there were some great RAID ideas, I hope one works out for you
Mark!

David McD

On 5/25/05, Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com> wrote:
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> Ian Meyer wrote:
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> | Now we see yet another example of how the recording industry has  pulled
> | one over on even the above-average consumer.
> 
> And we've seen many examples of how consumers pull one over on the
> recording industry by helping themselves to their products for free.
> 
> |>> Do you all really think the artists would
> |>> appreciate being gypped that $4500 to begin with?
> |
> |
> | Do you really think the artists get more than a few pennies from  every
> | album sale?
> 
> They definitely make NOTHING from the "entitled" who just take their
> work.  If you like $BAND so much, why steal from them?  Its freaking
> $.99 a song for $DIETY's sake.
> 
> | He made  what to me
> | would be a non-trivial bit of change. Does it upset me?  No. Did it hurt
> | me that he made money from it? No. Am I happy that  there are thousands
> | of people wearing a shirt with *my* design on it?  Yes.
> 
> There's nothing wrong with you providing your work for free, but there
> are people who do not want their work distributed for free and *they*
> made the decision to sign with a record label.  An "eat the rich"
> attitude is still not a valid excuse for illegally downloading
> copyrighted works.
> 
> |
> | My $0.02,
> | ~ian (now with asbestos underwear!)
> |
> 
> Be careful, that asbestos stuff is dangerous...
> 
> ;-)
> 
> - --mike
> 
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