From Chris Fahey Sent Tue, Oct 20th 1998, 13:59
>What is being overlooked here is that MP3s offer small-time, low budget >artists the ability to be heard by many people through distribution on the >Internet. This is exactly Diamond's defense. When I *first* heard about this device the only thing I could think of was how I and millions of others could (and certainly would) use it for pirating piles of music, possibly never paying for music ever again. For a brief moment, I had sympathy for the record companies. But Diamond's defense is overwhelmingly potent - free speech and distribuation thereof beats corporate profitability (or even viability) any day. - Cf ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - c h r i s t ø p h e r f ª h e y . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx 2 1 2 - 6 3 4 - 6 9 5 0 x 2 5 8 http://www.raremedium.com - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - .