Ok I've been a subscriber to this list for, well lets say a very long time and have seen some real wild discussions on it, But this one is getting nuts, what started this was some fellow looking to buy a CD or two using some E-Gold (yes banana gold is they way to go!) and it's turned into this wild and crazed copy write topic! Now I've been on the net since it was in black and green, yup no pics no music only a few guys who were hacking each other just for fun, now back than none of us ever could have imagined a discussion like this ever taking place! I personally think this is all way over rated, I really can't believe that the music companies and artists are losing even half of what they claim, they still drive the BMW's or have the scoffers and still live in the big houses, there are so many bands out there that have enjoyed the fact that they were listened to at all because of the net because some one got hold of a demo and posted it all over the net. As for who owes what well think about this, being Webster publishes the most complete dictionary to date for many many years why not argue that they have the copy writes for all the words and every time we speak write or sing we need to be paying them a royalty for using the word? And so who is getting the royalties for Batoveens work he 's still real popular and wrote some great tunes but I don't hear about his descendents getting paid every time some one downloads one of his tunes. Hence I believe a earlier posting stated both sides are fighting for the sake of fighting and there is no way either side can win SO TRUE! just my golden thoughts (worth about as much as OS Gold) Chuck
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