And the dumb ass award goes to ............. Serge, not only did you find someone who is illegally posting full tracks from an unreleased album, you also assisted them by posting a link here. This mailing list is not private. There is a public webpage where all these messages are seen online. I find this kind of behavior so disrespectful to YELLO. That is one of the many reasons I do not like this mailing list. There is no monitoring and no control. If this was an administrated forum this post would be removed immediately. But now this link to illegal activity will remain forever and I am sure it will spread all over the internet. The 8 track sampler has been available to some of us for many weeks and with respect to YELLO nobody would think of posting them publicly. You stated " Someone was so kind to share them with the rest of the world." ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! Congratulations for slapping YELLO in the face.
Quoting Jon Kamm <kammagic@comcast.net>:
And the dumb ass award goes to .............
Serge, not only did you find someone who is illegally posting full tracks from an unreleased album, you also assisted them by posting a link here. Congratulations for slapping YELLO in the face.
We've been waiting for five years for these new tracks - I'm sure one more week waiting can't hurt you. As for Yello (and any artist for that matter), one illegal free download is lost income (i.e. stealing) - that's why copyright laws exist. Mark P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "They offered to transport me back to any point in history that I would care to go, and so I had them send me back to last Thursday night, so I could pay my phone bill on time." (Weird Al Yankovic, "Everything You Know Is Wrong")
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Pulley" <mrpulley@lizzy.com.au>
As for Yello (and any artist for that matter), one illegal free download is lost income (i.e. stealing)
First, illegal downloads are not stealing. There are special laws for intellectual property infringement and they are not laws about theft. Second, I would be very surprised if anyone here - hardcore Yello fans - would substitute the real CD for a download that isnt even complete. Even if the whole album was up for grabs, which I am sure it will be on the day of release, real fans buy the official product. So I dont think members here will cause a big loss for Yello. Third, most serious research shows that there is no widespread correlation between illegal downloads and reduced sales. In other words, most illegal downloads go to people who would not buy the official release anyway.
- that's why copyright laws exist.
Actually, no. Copyright exists to ensure that creative works are not "owned" and exploited by any one too long, and that it will move into the public domain sooner or later, for the benefit of everyone. But that's another discussion alltogether. I still dont think it's nice to post these files here. Someone somewhere broke a promise by doing this. Now, flame away :-) Greetings from Glenn Folkvord Chief editor http://www.PlanetOrigo.com Electronic Music Shop & Magazine Free shipping, bonuses and exclusives!
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