At 10:09 AM, Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Star Drifter posted the following:

File Sharing: the guage of stupidity.

This mp3-swapping file sharing situation is getting kind of stupid all around.

On one side of the issue, there exists a group of artists and publishers who wish to stop the piracy of their works. This - in itself - is noble. However, they're overpricing, overcompensating for their advertising campaigns(music videos), and generally not selling a product at the price people will pay for it.

On another note, I wonder what their stance on mp3s would be if they hadn't gained a legal stranglehold over the industry back in the 80s.

But on the other side, we see America's Dullest doing everything they can do to steal it anyway. "Well, it's like copying a song off the radio, but with cd quality and no DJs talking." So, it's more like copying a cd? "It's all crap anyway." Why so eager to listen to it, then? I see these people, and they seem to act under two assumptions. First, they seem to need the newest pile of crap to come over the airwaves. Second, that the television is the only source of music.

Just a whole bunch of people making a big stink over crap that ain't worth it.

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Work has been plentiful, so I may just be able to get that pedal for my 4-Track. The result will be slightly better sounding music.

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