Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Samuel Gendler <logicusers@i...> wrote:
 SNIP...
> But then, I don't download mp3's or rip friends cd's
> either, because that's stealing from people just like
> me.  I may have a listen via mp3, and I'll even rip a
> cd at a friend's house when I first hear it, but if I
> haven't bought a copy of my own within a couple of
> weeks, I delete the mp3.  It is just a point of honor
> for me, as a musician, to not steal the work of other
> musicians, either via mp3 or sampling.
Sam,
If everyone had your take on this, the world would be a better place for musicians. 
If I was an employer, I would ask that question in the interview.  "Do you copy friends CD's 
and put them on your iPod?" or a trickier worded variation of that question.

This debate has been going on for years.  I once knew a software developer that 
programmed sounds for the DX7 (an instrument made by Yamaha in the early days of 
keyboard synths and not easy to program).  He started a company from scratch to sell his 
work and immediately had to face the piracy of his data.  He couldn't make enough to 
keep his company afloat and last I heard, he was in sales in CA.  His creations are still out 
there and used everyday.  He tried to defend himself in Keyboard Magazine and the rant 
and bashing of him went on for months.  This was where I first heard the "he's rich" angle.  
This was in the mid eighties.

Charlie