<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">And look what happened to Mozart..<br>HE DIED!!!<br><br><div style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><font size="+0"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: system;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span></span></span></font><font size="+0"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: system;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> <font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></span></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000">-</font><font color="#7f003f">\\</font>~<font color="#0000ff">S</font>~</font><font color="#7f003f">//</font><font color="#ff0000">-</font></div> <div style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"> </div> <div style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><font size="+0"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: system;"><span
style="font-family: times new roman;">Mobile</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman;"> (415) 786-3624</span><br><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> Skype </span> <span style="color: rgb(68, 20, 21);">stuart.hamm<br>myspace.com/stuhamm<br></span></span></span></font><font size="+0"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: system;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 20, 21);"> stuarthamm.net</span></span></span></font><br></div><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 5/20/09, brunians@brunians.org <i><brunians@brunians.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: brunians@brunians.org <brunians@brunians.org><br>Subject: Re: (urth) Fw: Re: (no subject)<br>To: hammstu@sbcglobal.net, "The Urth Mailing List" <urth@lists.urth.net><br>Date: Wednesday, May 20,
2009, 2:46 PM<br><br><pre>I think it is wrong. I just don't think that it is in any way similar to<br>burglary, extortion, muggery, barratry etc etc.<br><br>I have thought for a while that y'all are going to have to figure out<br>another paradigm as to how you extract your money from the market.<br><br>You know, Mozart only got paid for the shows that he personally put on.<br>When other people produced his stuff in other cities, he got bupkis.<br><br><br><br><br><br>.<br><br>><br>> -\\~S~//- Mobile (415) 786-3624<br>> Skype stuart.hamm<br>> myspace.com/stuhamm<br>> stuarthamm.net<br>><br>><br>> --- On Wed, 5/20/09, Stuart Hamm <hammstu@sbcglobal.net> wrote:<br>> From: Stuart Hamm <hammstu@sbcglobal.net><br>> Subject: Re: (urth) (no subject)<br>> To: "Jeff Wilson"
<jwilson@io.com><br>> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 2:33 PM<br>><br>> I'm not sure I ever had credibility...certainly not on this<br>forum...but<br>><br>> The actors and producers and people who work on a TV show are payed up<br>> front for their work...maybe some back end $ for DVD sales...but are not<br>> payed based on how many people actually watch the show!!<br>> When someone buys a CD at a store or online a % of that sale goes to the<br>> writer/musicians...that's the way we make money off the product. If<br>it's<br>> shared or downloaded illegaly I lose the opportunity to make $ off my<br>> work.<br>> Sure, if I download an episode of BSG Ron Moore may lose a few $...(but<br>> I'll buy the box set anyway..) but the lion's share of his earning<br>have<br>> been payed already,,,regardless of whether 1 million or 25 million people<br>> watched that episode.<br>><br>> No one's
gonna back me?? Don't we all rush out and buy a first<br>edition of<br>> GW's new books instead of<br>> downloading an illegal copy???<br>><br>> -\\~S~//- Mobile (415) 786-3624<br>> Skype stuart.hamm<br>> myspace.com/stuhamm<br>> stuarthamm.net<br>><br>><br>> --- On Wed, 5/20/09, Jeff Wilson <jwilson@io.com> wrote:<br>> From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson@io.com><br>> Subject: Re: (urth) (no subject)<br>> To: hammstu@sbcglobal.net, "The Urth Mailing List"<br><urth@lists.urth.net><br>> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:27 PM<br>><br>> Stuart Hamm wrote:<br>>> I must old...I can't understand how people don't see file<br>sharing<br>> as theft.<br>><br>> I won't say<br>> it's not bad, but it's not the _same_ as theft, and<br>> when people say
it is they lose credibility.<br>><br>><br>> Do you consider letting people watch your TV to be theft?<br>><br>><br>> -- Jeff Wilson - jwilson@io.com<br>> < http://www.io.com/~jwilson ><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Urth Mailing List<br>> To post, write urth@urth.net<br>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<br><br><br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table>