The evil record empire

["Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>]

>advertisers. All off the hard work of the un-paid artists. Why is
everyone's
>well placed anger towards evil record companies turning into wildly
>mis-placed justification for stealing from artists?

Shawn:

That's my question exactly. And not one person has been able to answer it so
far.

>another matter . If Tommy had been copied and distributed back then like
>it could be now , Pete would have been crying , IMOHO

Rommel:

You're damned right he would have! Has anyone else noticed that the only
pro-Napster Rock stars are those who have made it and are now several years
past their prime? It's easy to give away something you can no longer have.

>He apparently said too much about it while it was in work--maybe one reason
>he's saying they shouldn't talk about songs they're working on now.  The
>TOMMY idea was bootlegged, if not the songs.

Keets:

Copied or not, Arthur (by The Kinks) is still a great album. IMHO, The Wall
is more of a Tommy copy than any other album.


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                       Cheers                                     ML