buying bread

[mem@zinn.MV.COM (Mark E. Mallett)]

> Really-From: John M. Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>
> 
> Andy Gough <AGOUGH%FAB6@sc.intel.com> sez:
> >Subject: $6.60 will get you 20...years
> 
> >  I'd think it be more likely
> >that an artist would be hostile to fans (i.e., fanatics)--after all, it's
> >they who prevent the artist from going to the supermarket to buy a loaf of
> >bread.
> 
> Do people still believe this myth?  It is not a few fans making copies
> of albums, CDs, or live concerts that rip the artist off.  Artists
> get ripped off by "creative accounting practices" by the large record
> companies,...
> <more about big bad business>

First, I assumed that the reference to shopping was about lack of
privacy, not theft of profits.  The devil ambiguity strikes again! :-)

Second, it may well be that some musicians get caught up in bad deals
by publishers.  That's for them to deal with, and is irrelevant to the
question of whether stealing the work (via piracy and bootlegs) is
correct.  Also, creative and excessive use of adjectives does not make
an argument...

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