From Irene McC Sent Sun, Nov 2nd 1997, 10:02
On 31 Oct 97, Philip Hugh Sherburne wrote: > so the issue, as i see it, is the question: what gives you the > innate (or inalienable) right to hear a given recording? It can only do the musician/s good to have their music disseminated - that is, after all, the reason they record it, rather than just sit in their bedrooms plinking away quietly to themselves. I've often been introduced to music via a mixed tape from someone and then gone out and bought the CD, which I would not even have been aware of before hearing the compilation. I *