"so to conclude, all I can say is that its the *consumers* who decide, whether to keep crooks like HTFR in business by buying their stuff, or instead buy conscientiously and showing that there isn't a market for illegal bootlegs. it's a buyer's market so to speak...."
Very true but it was HTFR who decided to press them in the first place and put them on the shelf (for people to buy), so they must have sat down, had a meeting and decided to bootleg certain records.... HTFR = Scum -----Original Message----- From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 June 2005 10:38 To: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (313) Planet-E Bootlegs? my 2 eurocent: just because there is a demand it doesn't mean that there *has* to be an offer. if the original artists don't want to repress some amazing long-out-of-stock record from back in tha day, they are free to do so...it makes the record in question all the more legendary. it's also in their right to do as they wish. then again, capitalism (or keynesian microeconomics or whatever) teaches us that if there is a demand, there will also, at some point, be an offer - cue unscrupulous bootleggers. so to conclude, all i can say is that its the *consumers* who decide, whether to keep crooks like HTFR in business by buying their stuff, or instead buy conscientiously and showing that there isnt a market for illegal bootlegs. it's a buyer's market so to speak.... fab. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: Re: (313) Planet-E Bootlegs? > >i've also seen shady looking copies of that blake baxter ep with > >"does > >not > compute" on it. >>it fits the series i guess.. > > see, if no one does anything about it, it just goes on and on and on. > and on. > > if i was joe bloggs superstar detroit electronic musician, I'd form a > little co-op alliance, chip in for a lawyer to send at least a cease > and desist letter. that way no one person is forking out a large legal > bill, and it might at least make them think about stopping. > > but I'm not joe bloggs superstar detroit musician am I. so I aint > gonna do it. > _________________________________________________________________ > --------------------- End of message text -------------------- > > This e-mail is sent by the above named in > their individual, non-business capacity and > is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. > > PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may monitor > outgoing and incoming e-mails and other > telecommunications on its e-mail and > telecommunications systems. By replying > to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring. > > >
