napster, hawkwind and mp3's

Bill & Cynthia freeaqua at IINET.NET.AU
Tue Nov 14 23:26:29 EST 2000


More exposure and FREE advertising for the bands! I sometimes see artists in
the "Alternative" chatroom pleading for us to download their songs.
Honestly, I would like to see artists getting royalties from Napster. The
artists would perhaps make the music available themselves, but I really
don't know how, as keeping track of it all would be near impossible. It will
take time and money to track down royalties owing.
I wonder what DB and the boys think of Napster?

Cheers
Bill
PS - Andy, do you think CD Services are losing sales through Napster?
----- Original Message -----
From: "ANDREW GARIBALDI" <andygee at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: napster, hawkwind and mp3's


> No,
> I'm not saying Napster doesn't have their uses, and no-one's perfect, but
it
> strikes me that they simply don't care whether something they offer is
> available or not - why should they worry - it's only the poor artist who
> suffers after all. I say, do your homework, Napster!!!
> The idea that Napster leads to more exposure for that artist may well be
> true but lead to more sales? For unknown acts with nothing to lose,
perhaps,
> but my argument is simply for establsihed acts who fall 'victim' to this
> system (and we're not talking Metallica here)
> Andy Garibaldi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill & Cynthia" <freeaqua at IINET.NET.AU>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 2:05 AM
> Subject: Re: napster, hawkwind and mp3's
>
>
> > Andy said:
> > > errrrr........yes, all very well and good, and I'm not getting into
the
> > > Napster argument again, but Sonic Attack and Choose Your Masques and
the
> > > Chaos Delight are readily available on CD and so that's another set of
> > > royalties for the band and members that they'll never see.........
> >
> > Napster has its uses. It's great for downloading music from bands never
> > heard of before. Pegasi 51 is an example. I bet their CD sales have
> improved
> > since!
> > And it wont stop me from buying HW and related CD's once they're
released.
> > I have been collecting their albums/cd's since 1976 and having mp3's
just
> > wouldn't feel right. :-)
> > Although I must admit I have been trying to download some of Robert
> Calvert
> > stuff. Gremlins 1 and 2 for example.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Bill
>



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