alleged unethical and illegal behavior on the part of some

[David Doremus]

Doesn't this remind any one old enough to remember of the disaster home 
taping and cassettes in general were going to be to the music industry? 
I remember U2 suing the bejesus out of a San Francisco band that issued 
a parody of one of their songs, same for Led Zeppelin (some one singing 
Gilligans Island to the tune of Stairway to Heaven) who never gave 
credit to any of their sources, just ask Chester Burnett or McKinley 
Morganfield. An honest quote is a promo for the source, y'all need to 
relax a bit, including the Pierce folks. All this will do is sell more 
of their books, complete with the odd Mr Piano history and photos.

--Dave
New Orleans

>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Dean May <mailto:deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
>     *To:* 'Pianotech List' <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
>     *Sent:* Friday, February 29, 2008 8:44 PM
>     *Subject:* RE: alleged unethical and illegal behavior on the part
>     of some
>
>
>     As far as the premise that distributing information electronically
>     for “free” detracts from sales and royalties, the whole Napster
>     episode seems to demonstrate otherwise. At the height of all the
>     music file sharing where people were getting music for free the
>     sales of music went through the roof. While it is true that some
>     utilized Napster to “rip off” the music companies and get all
>     their music for free, many more simply used it to preview music
>     before going out to purchase their own copies. The result was more
>     $$$ in the pockets of the music industry. They only shot
>     themselves in the foot by shutting Napster down.
>