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From: Dessie <hotblack_Dessie@highway420.com>
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Subject: Re: So whats the deal?
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:37:53 GMT
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Gary Stewart wrote:
> Dessie,
> If you download a "few" songs (who defines a few) you should be ok. What
> the RIAA is looking at are the people with hundreds/thousands of songs
> on their computers.
> Here's something to think about. What if I came to where you work and
> simply took what ever you make at work, didn't pay for it and therefore
> you did not get paid? It's the same when you download a song from a
> band, the band gets no money.
>
The only money the bands really make is from tours. They get 8 cents a song,
each time it is played on the radio. The record company gets nearly all the
money made from CD's. Besides, if I like what I hear, I do puchace the CD.
I've bought a CD a week, that originated as downloads.
D
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