From thomas m weibrecht Sent Fri, Oct 31st 1997, 19:54
On Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:05:55 -0700 Synaptic Records <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> writes: > first off, im not the one making the copies...but, while were at it.... >We weren't bitching about what you're doing, just trying to inform you >what >can and will happen if you don't go through the proper procedures for >what >your doing. thanks, but when i need real legal advice ill see a lawyer.... Second point: If you are re-producing music that is STILL >in >print you are cheating the artists and all those involved out of their >due >royalties. ambient otaku is loooooooooong outta print.... I (being a musician myself) get throughly pissed at you >people >for saturating the market with your bootlegs. saturating? burning a few copies for pals at cost is saturating? Since electronic based >musicians are not exactly selling millions of copies (except for a few >artists) of their work, every penny counts. This is their living. >They >don't make a hell of a lot off of the sales of their work unless they >own >their own label or distribute it themselves. Labels tend to take the >larger >percentage of the profit from the sales. maybe ur in the wrong line of work? The bottom line is you're >stealing something that you have no right to. how can u be stealing something you paid for? This problem is only >going to >get bigger and bigger as the technology permits this type of theft. >For all >of you who are planning to make a career out of selling your music to >the >general public think again. > so lets outlaw the technology????? >BTW, we don't sell Audio Tape. > too bad, really useful technology.... be real, tom w np: king crimson live in munich 1981