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Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:22:26 -0600
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Rick Mabry <[log in to unmask]>
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Arch bent it over backwards:

>Classical music may soon go underground.  I can't think of anything more
>delightful.  To furtively go about trading used CDs (like Ernie buying an
>letter N from a Sesame Street vendor?) just fills my little heart to
>overflowing.  I've been an upstanding BMG/Amazon consumer far too long.

Arch, be careful what you wish for!  Do you want to become an ebay
consumer instead?  Instead of getting mildly scalped on the playground,
you'll soon pay a month's wages for a rare CD. There was a Gilels disk
I wanted on ebay.  The bidding started at about $10 but rocketed to over
$200!

   http://tinyurl.com/44qdu

On the other hand, we can all become music pirates.  And well we should
if our only legal recourse is through scalpers like the one above.  If
these disks are no longer being produced, why the $$@%*#!!  shouldn't
we be able to reproduce them?  What is the statute of limitations on
this?  I buy everything and only make the occasional copy for a friend,
but sometimes I feel like a chump.

Rick

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