Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] OT (really off topic) RANT
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Sep 23 15:54:35 2006
References: <a2f8f4470609210959w4049fac3nddf2c39029280212@mail.gmail.com> <023F9619-E8D1-489B-8791-2F07AA7D71DF@mindspring.com>

BTW, for those of you who are not fans, that is David at the counter  
selling the fiddle to the little girl.

Ric


On Sep 23, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> Hey Daniel--
>
> The recording companies are the biggest thieves of artist income.  
> Creative bookkeeping and a near monopoly on distribution have  
> preyed on musicians for DECADES.
>
> Their main fear about downloaders and the Internet is that artists  
> will build a way to market themselves directly to the listener,  
> bypassing the industry's milking of the monetary chain.
>
> Rant over.
>
> The mention of Bromberg (I'm a big fan) brought to mind these shots  
> I fell into in 2003. I was trolling for photos while there for a  
> convention. Stumbled across David Bromberg's fiddle shop there.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/Grab-Bag/Bromberg-1.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/Grab-Bag/Bromberg-2.jpg.html
>
> M6, probably 50 Summicron
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies
>
> On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:59 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
>> Rip those music companies off. Download everything you can and do not
>> blink about paying a single penny to them.
>>
>> I have been trying for three weeks to buy music legally over the
>> internet (Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg).
>>
>> I can find the albums, but you can only order them if you live in  
>> the US.
>>
>> Screw 'em.
>>
>> More power to the Pirate Bay here in Sweden.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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In reply to: Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] OT (really off topic) RANT)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] OT (really off topic) RANT)