Re: [microsound] napster shut down

[_DipthonG_ <kam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

g'bye.

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From: jayrope <jayrope@xxxxxx>
To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] napster shut down


michael: you are so right. thanx for saying that.

honestly,

jayrope . rope

Michal Seta schrieb:

> >
> > yesterday Napster was ordered to shut down its operations...what do
> the
> > people on this list think about this?
> > personally I think its really sad...
> > KIM
> >
>
> I'm really sorry about Napster because I've been promising myself to
> check it out and finally never got around to take a look at it.
>
> I suppose it must be a blow to about 90% of teenagers around the world
> and pirates and all but I think that the saddest thing is the
> influence of the music industry on such matters.  I think that the
> copyright infringement is the least of the worries of the big fishes
> of the music industry.  It is rather the millions of $$ they don't
> gain (they don't loose it either...) when some of the tunes are
> distributed via mp3 and other electronic means.
>
> What I find really really sad is that all the
> musicians/artists/whoever that are signed with those huge
> recording/publishing/distributing monsters don't get up and say how
> they are f**ked by them.  If most artists are fine with about 5% of
> their Cd retail price (+ perhaps 10% of copyright where applicable)
> they must not have a very high esteem.
>
> just my (incoherent) 0.02$.
>
> MiS
>
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