Re: (idm) skam: home taping is killing music?

From Matthew Ford
Sent Wed, Sep 29th 1999, 07:31

This is a late response:

Right on...I never really understood why labels like Warp and others have 
come down on home taping and mp3s when its their own fault that such are so 
common.

So....if anyone has any CDRs of Blech 1...let mek now

:)


>From: "i love you" <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>visit www.skam.co.uk & upon entrance you'll find the cassette & crossbones 
>"home taping is killing music" logo. i can only come up with one conclusion 
>as to why they (primarily andy maddocks i assume) would include this 
>message to their visitors.......it has to be a joke! it must be a joke! if 
>they meant it, they'd be pressing everything in volumes ample enough to go 
>around, instead of leaving 9/10th's of their fans to the task of aquiring 
>many of their releases by "home taping"-or what not. if anything, pirated 
>copies of skam material have helped to promote the label, assist in gauging 
>their global appeal & not to mention put alot of smiles on alot of skam 
>seekers ears.
>

.MatthewFord.

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