Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks for the link!
Jade
--- Vernon Graner <vern@...> wrote:
> Jade said:
> > Ed,
> > I realize that this is considered "theft"....
> 
> <SOAPBOX>
> "Copyright infringement" is *not* "theft"! A good
> reason to avoid using
> words like "theft" and "piracy" when discussing
> copyright is the
> fundamental difference between *physical* property
> and copyrightable
> information: Theft of property deprives you of the
> stolen item, copyright
> infringement does not take the information away from
> you. What copyright
> infringement does is affect your *potential* for
> deriving profit from the
> information concerned.
> 
> In short, lets keep it simple but correct: What some
> people do with KaZaa
> is copyright infringement, what burglars and
> pickpockets (and possibly
> some corporate executives) do is theft. :)
> 
> One of the other problems I have is how many times
> do I have to BUY an
> album before I OWN it? How many of you have the same
> album, purchased on
> 8 track, LP, cassette and CD? Me too!
> 
> So, IMHO, P2P use is simply civil disobedience. The
> long time supporters
> (via purchases over the years) of the Music Industry
> have said "ENOUGH!
> We WANT OUR P2P!!!" The RIAA needs to get a clue and
> provide their
> customers with what they want, not spend money and
> time pissing them off.
> 
> If they had embraced Napster, we would all have a
> "Napster subscription"
> of $5-10/month and all the music we could stand.
> Instead, I haven't spent
> a DIME on music since Napster was crushed. Screw
> them, I won't fund this
> "witch hunt" that traps "evil pirates" like the 12yr
> old girl who's
> parents just paid $2000 extortion money to the
> "Music Mafia". grrr...
> 
> And if you want to share/search for music or other
> online content
> ANONYMOUSLY, have a look at this web site:
> http://freenet.sourceforge.net/
> </SOAPBOX>
> 
> Vern
> 
> --
> Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE     | "If the network is
> down, then you're
> Senior Systems Engineer     | obviously incompetent
> so why are we
> Texas Information Services  | paying you? Of course,
> if the network
> vern@... www.txis.com  | is up, then we
> obviously don't need
> Cell 507-7851 Desk 328-8947 | you, so why are we
> paying you?" VLG
> 
> 


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