[Ti] Music is timele$$

[Loren Schooley]

On 5/7/03 2:02 PM, "Loren Schooley" <loren at flash.net> wrote:

To the RIAA:
I paid for a concert ticket a few years back and listened to Dark Side of
the Moon strait from the band. Therefore I am licensed to hear the song
anytime anywhere. So piss off.

--

    RIAA gets congress to pass Music Circumcision Law (NEWS) Dec 25, 2005

Newborns are now federally required to get their ears temporarily "clipped",
which deafens sound to the eardrum until RIAA approved "vouchers" are given
to surgeons who then are allowed, for a fee, to cut out or perforate
"hearing holes" within sound ranges allowed per category of voucher.

The price ranges are decided by decibel and size of orifice to be cut. For
instance, loud "rock" in varying styles and decibel degrees are at the
cheapest range of the price spectrum, up to the expensive luxurious
symphonic resonances which is available to the rich and sophisticated,
literally opening up the entire ear canal for the total sound ranges
possible for a human eardrum.

The RIAA feels that if this new plan is a success, they will recover from
the devastating P2P Piracy days of the last decade, which expert music
attorney's claim cost the artists over $50 Trillion dollars per month.

In Florida, the MPAA is beginning it's lobbying efforts for Visual
Circumcision Laws in an effort to stop illegal movie trading.



> On 5/7/03 1:47 PM, "Michael Bigley" <wakinyan at fuse.net> wrote:
> 
>>> So 10 years from now would you still pay top dollar
>>>  for dark side of the moon as if it were just released?
>>>  Don't you think the price should decrease with age?
>> 
>> no way, in fact, some music, like wine, improves with age... however,
>> I stick by my statement of ownership. I paid for the 8 track of Dark
>> Side of the Moon (for those youngsters on the list, that was a format
>> prior to cassette tapes); if I download a copy of that music which I
>> can no longer play from my 8 track, I am not stealing.
> 
> You purchased a specific release, a specific master, from a specific
> distribution label, on specific media. A newer release is re-mastered,
> relabeled and re-re'd, therefore not the "same song". So if you do download
> Dark Side of the Moon, make sure it's a copy from the same, hopefully higher
> quality, 8track tape or label master, because that is the version you are
> licensed to own a copy of.
> 
> And keep your receipts.
> 
>