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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (6646)	3/29/2001 6:28:37 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 15481

I believe that the problem will be solved. Here is why...people don't really want everyone to have free music....you say "huh???" And I say, Imagine yourself as the lead singer of "Mrs. Peel and the Avengers" and you really really want to be a rock star....you don't care about the money, you just want the fame and glory that go with it. And you are good. And all the Shareware fans are acquiring every song you put out and you are really digging the attention, but then...one day...you notice that you are hungry and that you aren't living the rock star dream because that included money to buy your drugs and alcohol and flashy cloths. But nobody is giving you any money because music wants to be free. So, now down to 95 pounds, you decide that eating is pretty damned important, so you get a job at Denny's...and you have food. But the band wants to practice...and you really want to practice, but you are working swingshift and that conflicts with the practice time. And the band breaks up and all of your fans who didn't pay for your music are bummed because they really dug your groove. And pretty soon, the only person who is willing to play for free is the dood down at venice beach who plays 12 instruments at the same time, and though it is quite an accomplishment, it simply isn't "Mrs. Peel and the Avengers" and there is no way that you can get down with your babe to a one man band and he wants you to throw him a quarter anyway.