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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (147277)	9/10/2002 10:56:54 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 164687

the recording industry is involved in collusion, there have been numerous documentaries on frontline and others about it... payola is illegal so the recording industry simply bought up all the radio stations and give preference to "their" artists... if you've ever seen a recording contract it looks more like a loan than a financial windfall which is why so many artists wind up broke after selling hundreds of millions worth of CDs. you ask me is it right to "steal" something because it is overpriced... well, in the purest sense, no. I wouldn't walk into Tower records and steal a CD. Otoh I am legally allowed to copy a CD onto my computer. And I am legally allowed to log into a lan or the net... but then there is this "grey area" where I cannot move a file from someone elses system to my own.... the corrupt recording industry says this is stealing, of course you ask a different lawyer you get a different answer and considering the ethical backbone of the source... I'm skeptical. Payola is legal because they bought up all the radio stations and copying files which is the internet equivalent of sharing records... is not... okey Wrt microsoft, I'm sure you are aware that copying msft products although illegal was not at all difficult especially in the early 90s. And yet msft never had too much of a problem with it... why? A few reasons... although I am aware of "dirty tricks" some said msft played on computers that used illegal software... I will submit that owning a legal msft product provided value that couldn't be achieved with a copy and hence they didn't have too many problems. Not so the recording industry, somebody there needs to get an MBA. L