WOW, another very good point...please everyone...if you would email
napster with all these great points...they could win their court
battle.
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those
> > songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those
> > songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being
> > stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE those songs and
> > distribute them for free. the owners of the copyright don't see a cent.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
>
> Not to start a flame-fest here, but think about it Mark; how often do
> you here about the artists complaining? Yes, there have been a few; but
> most often you're hearing from the recording industry people, the ones
> that promised that 'once the format pays for itself, the cost will come
> way down for CD's'. I don't know about you, but I'm still paying about
> $17 for a compact disk that costs no more than about .05 cents to make!
> If you look at the artists cut (somewhere about $3 - $5), where's the
> rest of that money going to? One more thing to look at, what about the
> artists who have been sued by and attacked by the RIAA for trying to
> release THEY'RE music in mp3 format? I don't have a problem with paying
> someone for their intellectual property, but in this case - are we?
>
> To bring the topic back to this list, even though you're completely
> capable of downloading the latest version of Mandrake 7.1 - have you
> went ahead and bought a copy? I'm on the cooker list and am using
> mostly up to the minute releases from there, but on thinking about it
> earlier this evening, I'm probably about due to head down and actually
> fork over the cash to help support those guys that work so hard on this
> product.
>
> Mike
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