================================================ Subject: Re: NCR - A great way for bands to give fans incentives to buy instead of download music From: "Keith Mears" To: Date: Mon 18 Jun 2001 22:11:03 -0500 ================================================ Well said, Debbi. Check my own response to this one for an expanded version of much the same point. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ "And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand." - Googoo Dolls "End of passion play, crumbling away/I'm your source of self-destruction." - Metallica "Welcome my son/Welcome to the machine." - Pink Floyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi R" To: Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: NCR - A great way for bands to give fans incentives to buy instead of download music > Bands and record companies suing individuals that make a copy or 10 is > just plain stupid, imo. It's much easier for me to see their > justification for suing sharing sites and other "distribution" points. > > The Offspring example you give is a great illustration of how musicians, > for the most part, simply don't have ownership or control over their own > material. I think there's something inherently wrong with that. > Unfortunately, to get a contract, they have to sign those rights away. > > DebbiR > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp