mugwump Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 So I pop in my friends Cd the other day and I watch it chug along as it burns onto a clean virgin one in my burner.Suddenly I start to feel guilty!Am I actualy STEALING from this DJ? The record label?Should I care?Then I start to look over all the pirated programs I've cracked and suddenly I see a vision of big companies ruling over smaller technology and softwear developers..what would happen to the two braniacs from "propeler heads softwear" if they go under because instead of selling the great music making softwear they offer everyone starts ripping their shit off and cracking it!I smell Bill Gate's pockets growing as I type this!(Who else feels bad about burning? Who thinks it's all a part of the inevitable evolution of free art? Who thinks Mugz is still rambling?)------------------ "Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it"[This message has been edited by mugwump (edited 04-25-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echostar Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 yeah its stealing...but do i care? no------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolly Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Think of what you used to do before we could burn CD's. How many tapes did you make before this?? Please, when I was little I would sit next to the radio and wait for my favorite song to come and so I could record it from my little boom box. It's not stealing, it's borrowing. Do you tape movies? Same idea. ------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenman Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 i do fell bad at first but the guilt subsides and i move on! dont they have enough money?------------------ Kandinsky "Number 12"AOL IM: ibizakhb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcre3306 Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 I've done much worse things in my time then to consider stealing from mutil million dollar companies------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njrollin Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 yeah, these artists really look like they're struggling...with only three bentleys and four benz's, etc. i see their point, and i do believe they have a legit beef...but it is the future of music. as far as mixes go, two years ago names like peters and tenaglia meant about as much to me as....well....they didn't mean much. now i base where i go out on who will be spinning. so, they still get their cut of my paycheck too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 You can burn all the CD you want as long as you don't listen to them. ------------------"Smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy0159 Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Somehow I don't think the artist of track 5 of disc 2 on a release from an independent label is driving three bentleys.A big underground track still only sells in the 5 digits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bLizAnci Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 granted they might lose some money in sales..but doesnt the exposure compensate???you wouldnt know half the producers or dj's if it wasnt for the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenman Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Originally posted by tonyv: You can burn all the CD you want as long as you don't listen to them. this is a funny post!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------ Kandinsky "Number 12"AOL IM: ibizakhb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyc420 Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 HELL NO! I'm poor and they're rich. Fuck em!------------------"Up all night...sleep all day."AIM - E123NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echostar Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 guys...i think we should take a little responsibility herefirst, im not being a hipocrite or however you spell it...i burn cd's but i accept the fact that its stealingits not borrowing because you dont give anything back!i know everyone does it but copying tapes and getting songs off the radio is stealing too...im not even saying its wrong, i couldnt agree more about how the artists have more money then they know what to do with, i think everyone should just admit that it IS stealing------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 And where does sampling fall into this?Is DJ shadowa THIEF?Or any other DJ that's ever sampled a riff...or movie clip or vocal from another song..HELL! DOES a DJ even fall into that label AT ALL for selling a CD with tracks HE spins that may have samples pieces from other tracks...etc..etc..etc!------------------ "Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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