Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

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> --- 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

It's funny how this computer based world we live in has brainwashed 
us all into believing that it's a crime to share. That's not what my 
mom and dad taught me. As for the artists, I've not seen any one of 
them attend the grammy's looking like he stepped out of a 
refrigerator box located on homeless avenue and onto the red carpet. 
When I purchase something, it's mine!