Re: free market or regulated music?

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And in the case of Pete Townshend he really doesn't
care what we do in regards to trading, buying or
selling bootlegs!



--- Jeff House <jjthandmeh@juno.com> wrote:
> Keets  "The problem with buying boots is that you're
> taking royalties
> away from some artist (or artist's estate).  I this
> case that's likely to
> be Mandy Moon.  If you trade, you can at least say
> there's no monetary
> exchange, which is what royalties are generally paid
> from."
> 
> Now this sounds like the beginnings of a thread
> where we could pit the
> Libertarians against the Liberals and Conservatives
> and call it
> Who-related.  <sinister laugh>  
> 
> What about for-profit-manufacturers and sellers
> (like independent music
> stores) of booted material?  Where do they fall on
> the morality and
> responsibility scale?  Is it really morality we're
> talking about or
> self-interest and rationalizations?
> 
> I believe that the little guy (in this case - the
> consumer) is never to
> blame and should not be held responsible for simply
> buying material that
> they want.  It is the responsiblity of the
> manufacturers and dealers to
> adhere to laws (and what is right) and pay the price
> when they profit and
> screw artists out of royalties.
> 
> Jeff
> 


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