Re: (idm) thieving

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
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