> >If they are real fans, how can they do this.
>
> Good question. I've always wondered how someone who thinks that their
> *want* outweighs any ethical (not to mention legal) consideration for the
> artist in question can call themselves a fan.
>
> Jon Weisberger
>
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?db=*&term=fan
fan n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement
of a surface or surfaces 2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports
[syn: sports fan] 3: an ardent follower [syn: buff, devotee,
lover, afficionado] v 1: strike out a batter, in baseball [syn:
strike out] 2: make fiercer; as of emotions; "fan hatred" 3:
agitate the air 4: separate from chaff; of grain [syn: winnow]
With my "want" of a concert boot that somebody's selling/trading,
I think I fit under # 3. I may not relish paying $15 for a homemade
concert cdr, or $30 for a cdr of b-sides that someone else has
spent years assembling (though THAT one I did willingly), but if I
have to choose between coloring in the lines and having one or
two official discs or scrawling outside and having as many as
possible, give me the drunken crayon and the broke checkbook,
baby!
Not that I don't think the outbreak of homemade cdr boots isn't
regrettable, but hey - welcome to capitalism. If there's a buck
to be made... And nope, don't consider these people "fans".
Seems to me, it's pretty clear that no matter how much you "support" a
musician by buying their product, it'll be a pathetic bargaining chip at the
time a judge is figuring out your fine or prison sentence.
Kate.
60 days community service for purchasing from Tunnel Records?
You think? GrayZone may go after Kiss the Stone or the cdr maker
who's foolish enough to advertise on newsgroups, but I can't EVER
see them coming after the consumer. What would they gain?
Chris
awash in moral gray, but agreeing with the subject
