From Blag Sent Thu, Apr 15th 1999, 22:30
From Blag Sent Thu, Apr 15th 1999, 22:30
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Andrew Hime wrote: > This is not to say I'm not bothered by what I call the "MP3 people", who > are basically warez kiddies and the like who think the world owes them > everything on a silver platter, for free. "Why should I have to pay for > anything?" Because someone did work to give you that music. It's a nice > thing to be able to live off of what you enjoy, I'd like to think I help a > few people do that. Well, Aphex anyway. Sorry to continue beating dead horses, but I'd also like to point out (for the millionth time to this list) that I put that stuff as a dodgy facsimile of the real thing (since not everyone is lucky enough to have the real thing) so that people could at least hear some of those songs, which are nothing short of incredible. I have no problem paying for stuff. I spend more money on records than I spend on rent, and I'm not the kind of person who is satisfied with an mp3, I want the REAL THING. Andrew is totally right though. There are people who will download ANY mp3, just because they can. I made those tracks available to this list (and this list only), I didn't spam search engines trying to drive traffic to the site, I didn't have any ad banners on it, and I didn't profit in any way from doing it. (well I did get an email from V/VM which made me feel kind of cool, but I don't think that counts.) Not only that, I didn't deny Booth/Brown or the Warp Records Corporation any income, as they had already stopped making the records I had up, that's the way I see it at least. I have a clear conscience. :) Hi. I'm going to shut up about this now. .Bil. IAMaCOPIER