From: Jason, jstebner@spacestar.net
Subject: Re: Napster, et. al.
Date: 2/13/2001 3:32:17 AM
To: Tim Prochnow, torkey@hotmail.com
Seance List, seance@lists.no-fi.com


Well, I wasn't arguing for or against Napster. I was simply stating that
this isn't really an issue of artistic rights and feeding musician's
families like these bloated megacorps are protraying it.

Face it, this is the 21st century version of "home taping is killing the
record industry". It's bollocks. In the early 90s the scapegoat was used
resellers - they were killing the industry that was selling CDs new at a
list price of $16.98. Now it's digital music. Funny - sales aren't down,
though. Record labels have made so much money off the labor of their
indentured servants..err, artsists that is...that it makes me physically
ill every time I walk past a record shop.

Wanna talk thievery?
CD sells for $16
$5 of that goes to the retailer
$10 of that goes to the label (though a few bucks of that recoups
production & distribution costs)
$1 of that goes to the artist(s) & their management, attorneys, etc.
(Your Best Buys and Circuit Cities sell a bit cheaper and take less profit.)
Doesn't really seem fair...

Anyway, I admire your principles. However, if you happen to own a single
copyrighted recording on a dubbed tape, CD-R, or any other format that
was not prerecorded and sold to you sealed, you are a hypocrite for
calling Napster users thieves.

Jason


Tim Prochnow wrote:
> 
> You can hate the labels as much as you want, but in the end it all
> comes down to this... Napster users are thieves.  Stealing is illegal
> and immoral.  I'm surprised they got away with it for as long as they
> did.
> 
> Tim
> 
> >From: Jason
> >Reply-To: jstebner@spacestar.net
> >To: Seance List
> >Subject: Re: Napster, et. al.
> >Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:30:18 +0600
> >
> >Exactly. The record companies are taking the financial hit, not the
> >artists. By and large artists make their money on tour so they can
> pay
> >back the debt they incur from label advances. Bastard record labels.
> My
> >heart really goes out to Universal, the megagiant megacorporation. If
> >your heart weeps for them as well, go look and see what they've done
> to
> >Matt Johnson. http://www.thethe.com
> >
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