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Re: [elektron] That **** is using our demos to sell his mono!

2003-10-05 by amos luyk

Many apologys if I have offended =0(

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>From: tonsil@...
>Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [elektron] That **** is using our demos to sell his mono!
>Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:11:15 -0400
>
>Now, I know you only have positive intentions in this email, but I am a 
>little offended
>that you associate Americans with being morally vacant, while Scandanavian
>technology is the path to "moral high ground". I don't want to create a 
>political tangent
>on this whole thread, but I'd rather not see these kinds of generalizations 
>on a music
>oriented list. But I'm with you on the whole peace thing :)
>
>-Tonsil
>
>
>On 2 Oct 2003 at 8:56, amos luyk wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > This is not aimed at anyone personally, and I don't want to start a war,
> > but.... isn't everyone taking this issue too seriously?? Surely this 
>mans
> > business (ie selling a synth for profit - even if it is against the 
>'rules')
> > is no more morally dubious than thousands of other occupations?
> >
> > Personally I worked for the insurance business for a couple of years, 
>and
> > almost worked in the City of London for a bank ;0)
> >
> > What I'm saying here is that there has been alot of traffic about what 
>is
> > essentially a quite expected and normal occurrence, quite in keeping 
>with
> > the (morally vacant) American style free market economy that most (all?) 
>of
> > us live in. To make such an issue of this seems silly. No one has died, 
>been
> > denied their civil rights, been robbed (OK he used some samples, but 
>what do
> > you expect if you put stuff on the net?), or anything else that could be
> > described as serious. I am quite surpised there havn't been more put up 
>for
> > sale... that's just the kind of world we live in =0(
> >
> > So please folks, lets just talk about the moral high ground that is 
>music
> > and the lovely scandinavian technology that helps us make it, and forget 
>the
> > silly stuff like who is selling something they have bought.
> >
> > Peace to all
> >
> > Thinking Happy Thoughts
> > Amos
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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