05-12-2004, 09:52 PM
This is an article meant to shame music Dowloaders , propaganda by the record execs...This is no message from the Hip , this is from record companies who are losing the dough, the same ones who pump out the commercial crap to make a buck. As for the Gord Sinclair quote , sounds like a handy place to interject that statement , but without the direct question asked to Gord who knows what context that answer was given in. The Question could have been " What do you think of illegal bootleg albums that some people are selling to make a profit ?" Context is everything. Nice ending to it too ""At the end of the day it’s like, ‘Will you guys start playing fair?’ I mean, some sharing, OK, but this? Everyone knows this is wrong. This is really, badly wrong." Shame on you all. " Hahahah , makes me giggle.. Thanks pure tracks for the lesson in morality.. Now if I wanted to slant the story in favor of downloading I could interject these comments from this Hip show ;
Musique Plus
Intimate and Interactive
Montreal PQ
June 21st, 2000
ON COPYRIGHT LAWS
Bruce(audience member): Would the group support a fan initiative of petitioning the government to get a change in the copyright laws ?
GD: Uh, Change in the copyright laws to reflect ?
Bruce: Well in relation to the new album that was distibuted in April, this year, prior to the actual release, uh, there's no particular copyright law that I know of present in Canada as there is in the States, um and I think it's the next thing to theft from this group that music was taken and distributed. So what i'm asking is "If the fanbase lobbied the government for changes in copyright laws, does the Tragically Hip support that initiative ?
GD: The fanbase is going to do that though ? The fanbase is going to organise and say that "we think we should have less access to this music than we have now " I mean, I just don't know, I don't, ah... i'm not sure if that's what you're asking me, ah but I can't imagine, I mean basically it's a fanbase that are trying to get the music early because they can, because they're interested, and they're curious and they're excited about it, and ah, if it's theft um, don't stop. It's only money Bruce.
Musique Plus
Intimate and Interactive
Montreal PQ
June 21st, 2000
ON COPYRIGHT LAWS
Bruce(audience member): Would the group support a fan initiative of petitioning the government to get a change in the copyright laws ?
GD: Uh, Change in the copyright laws to reflect ?
Bruce: Well in relation to the new album that was distibuted in April, this year, prior to the actual release, uh, there's no particular copyright law that I know of present in Canada as there is in the States, um and I think it's the next thing to theft from this group that music was taken and distributed. So what i'm asking is "If the fanbase lobbied the government for changes in copyright laws, does the Tragically Hip support that initiative ?
GD: The fanbase is going to do that though ? The fanbase is going to organise and say that "we think we should have less access to this music than we have now " I mean, I just don't know, I don't, ah... i'm not sure if that's what you're asking me, ah but I can't imagine, I mean basically it's a fanbase that are trying to get the music early because they can, because they're interested, and they're curious and they're excited about it, and ah, if it's theft um, don't stop. It's only money Bruce.