[John D Harris]

Originally posted by Yorick: Except if you take my music, copy it and pass it around without my permission. Then it becomes my business because you're distributing that which isn't yours. [img]smile.gif[/img] Bring it on I say. When I was in Berlin, I witnessed hundreds of young turks flooding out the easy everything netcafes robbing musicians of their rightful yet paltry earnings by swapping mp3s they were all downloading. Brazenly, openly, yelling accross the room how they'd found some rare track and then connecting an mp3 player or two to the computer. Hunter, just out interest did you object to ticket collectors on the door of Irving Plaza the other night? Where you go is your business right? Why is it different with a recorded performance?

Yorick, I couldn't argee more! I'm an Illustrator (artist that gets paid ) If I catch someone copying my art I'll sue their shorts off off'em. It's how I make my living , how I feed my family. The art is Mine to sell or give away, I created it! If it was so easy how come you didn't create it?