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In Reply to: RE: update... posted by Dave Pogue on August 23, 2014 at 18:17:41
She will never run out of tapes, she has a wharehouse full of them!!!
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She will never run out of tapes because they are copies that she has made.
Why is she allowed to flout US copyright laws, and why does the tape community reward this skullduggery?
Most of her tapes are on stock that has been out of production for some time, so the notion that she is making copies seems to me unlikely. (The one I have is on BASF LGR50, which was last produced in 1998.)
I'm glad she's doing it. It would be a shame to have these recordings, some of which sound terrific, locked up somewhere or thrown out. If you look through my past posts, you'll know I am a huge advocate of paying artists for their work - I often turn down offers of CDs from artists who come in the studio where I assist, and I go out and buy them. But... in this case I think having these recordings out is worth it, especially given the *extremely* low volume involved. There are precious few people with 15 ips half-track decks, and very few of those people shell out the serious money for these tapes.
Sadly, I am no longer one of them. My Otari is on its way to a new home. I kept my tapelady Egmont (Abbaddo, Berlin, 1981 - never released as far as I can tell) and some day I'll have another machine; at least that's the plan.
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"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Hi Bill,
We may disagree about whether breaking the law, and not paying artists/labels for their work in this case, is something about which to be glad. If you are saying that you know that your Egmont was never released, then you also know that you possess an illegal copy, right? Of course, as far as I know, the onus is not on you legally, but I do think it is on the seller. It is surprising, though, to see that even people who are clearly concerned with and sensitive to artists' rights still see this as a victimless crime.
Earlier in this thread it was pointed out that your experience is not everyone's: plenty of these are made on tape stock that is more "modern" than its recorded content.
Be sure to show us the photographs.
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