[Infowarrior] - More on.... RIAA wins its first piracy trial

[Richard Forno]

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From: "K.E." <guavaberry at earthlink.net>
Date: October 6, 2007 9:07:33 PM EDT
To: dave at farber.net
Cc: rforno at infowarrior.org, tfairlie at frontiernet.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:  RIAA wins its first piracy trial


I read this today and thought to send it along.


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I have a hard time seeing it as stealing.

I play in a metal band. We have sold around 200k records across 3
releases. We're not 'huge' by any stretch but do alright and live off
(and ON subsequently) the road. Fans and friends ask me all the time
how I feel about "stealing music." I just told someone yesterday "I
have a hard time seeing it as stealing...when I don't see any money
from cd sales to begin with. What are they actually TAKING from me?"

If you want to squeeze an opinion on theft out of me, ask me about
the dude that grabbed our tshirt off the table tonight in Detroit or
better yet.. ask me about record contracts.

I encourage our fans to acquire our album however they please.  The
philosophy I've adopted is that if you're supporting disc sales,
you're keeping the old model around longer...the one that forces
dudes like me to tour 9 mos/year if they want to make ends meet with
a career in music.  If you wanna really support a band, "steal" their
album....help bury the label....and buy a tshirt when you show up at
their show and sing every word.

Dave Peters
Thowdown

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Karen Ellis
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com