From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 14 2: 9:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0C8C37B718 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:09:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA10368; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 03:09:07 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010313205225.00e27c60@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:55:07 -0700 To: Craig Harding , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again In-Reply-To: <3AADBFAA.8285DD73@outpost.co.nz> References: <15020.33581.202339.895997@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010312224412.04461ca0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:35 PM 3/12/2001, Craig Harding wrote: >In that context, I would say that Anon's comments are spot on. I'd go >far as to say that those aforesaid corporate entities could be best >described as a collection of amoral scumbags who will go to any length >to further their own profits at the expense of artists and consumers. I >am more than happy to declare war on these pricks. Unfortunately, you're taking a shotgun approach. There are many "middlemen" in the music industry who are not greedy or amoral. And if you declare war rather than allowing the balance to shift peaceably, it is the good guys who will be caught in the crossfire. >Go read Courtney Love's Salon article again and then tell me we don't >need a revolution. I've read it, and I'll tell you: We don't need a revolution. She showed bad business sense and sold out to a rapacious record label. She shouldn't have. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message