[peel] mp3 on yahoo space

[Goofy Kent]

Hi y�all!

Been a while since I�ve posted to this list but I wanted to comment on this:

> > Not wanting to be a wet blanket, but does Ms. Cantrell know about this?
> > I suspect not as her record company aren't very keen on the whole mp3
> > thing at present.
>
> True, trading mp3 session tracks is theft. But, these are session
> tracks, and I would claim promote the artist, rather than reduce
> record sales.

As I�ve understood it, if anyone should raise a fuss over these mp3 files it
would be the BBC, not the record companies. BBC owns the rights to these
recordings while the respective companies own the rights to the original
recordings they�ve released.

There have been numerous cases when the band�s / artist�s record company has
wanted to release these session tracks (as B-sides etc.) and they�d had to
pay the BBC over the rights to do so.

Who cares about the companies� wellbeing anyway? I think the only moral
issue here is that the artists themselves won�t see a nickel. But nobody
made them record these radio sessions at gunpoint, now did they? It�s all
promotion, baby, and very good at that.

> Gary Numan is
> scheduled for the week after next (would a 2-3 day change over be
> better?).

Yes! I mean NO to Numan (but go ahead anyway), what I mean is, surely about
two sessions a week would suit everybody better?

Cheers,

Goofy