Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!gatech!rutgers!mit-eddie!GAFFA.MIT.EDU!Love-Hounds-request From: Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Re: The Man With The Attitude up his ***.... Message-ID: <8908240613.AA07570@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 24 Aug 89 06:13:04 GMT Sender: daemon@eddie.MIT.EDU Reply-To: Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU Organization: Love-Hounds Anonymous Lines: 26 Approved: nessus@eddie.mit.edu Really-From: Lazlo Nibble > . . . Diaries are for the private perusal of the person > who writes them. Private phone calls are for the ears of the > two people involved. These tapes were made to show off Kate's skill, > and were for the perusal of anyone who might be interested in offering > her a contract. They were intended for the ears of people who didn't > know Kate, and who would possibly not listen to them with a kind ear. > They are not 'private.' Nor are they 'public'. The tapes were intended originally for a very specific audience -- record company execs. Are you one? If not, then Kate has not granted you permission to even *listen* to these tapes, let alone own bootleg copies of them. Do the artist's wishes mean absolutely *nothing* to you people? > I'm sick of hearing this line about them being like childhood diaries. > It's bullshit. So are all the defenses of IED's piracy campaign that I've heard so far. You folks just hate to even *consider* the possibility that what you're doing is flat-out morally *wrong*, don't you? Lazlo (csbrkaac@ariel.unm.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lock the target. Bait the line. Spread the net. Catch the man.