(idm) Re: (IDM) CD Burnings

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