Posted by David C. on 12/05/05 03:51

NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> writes:

> David C. wrote:
>> NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>David C. wrote:
>>>
>>>>"FunkyDevil" <qs8rzr001@sneakemail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Paying for their product does not make you a good person , it just
>>>>>makes them rich and more aggressive towards the consumer.
>>>>
>>>>I hope you someday spend months or years of your life working on
>>>>something (a book, a song, a software title), that everybody in the
>>>>world wants, and you never see a penny of profit because everybody is
>>>>trading pirated copies.
>>>
>>>You're wrong. I've heard that argument a dozen times before and it
>>>doesn't hold any water.
>>>
>>>You're broke because the record company didn't give you a penny for
>>>any of the MILLION copies you sold, NOT because *ten thousand* people
>>>"stole" it.
>> Where did I say anything about "record company"?
>> Perhaps you should read messages before firing off knee-jerk flames.
>> -- David
>
> It's not a knee-jerk flame. It's how the industry works. You get
> signed by one of the major record labels (most of the smaller ones are
> jus subsidiaries of the big ones). Then the record label proceeds to
> take just about every last cent earned and put it to their own use.
>
> Perhaps you should read things twice. I don't like having to type them
> twice.

And why would a book or software author sign up with a record label?

Learn to read before writing replies.

-- David

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