Having worked at a radio station for 30 plus years I can tell you first hand
that it is quite common for music directors to give CD's away to their
staff. Record companies will often send out duplicate copies of the hottest
releases hoping that they get into the hands of as many people as possible.
and then there are the CD'S that will never make it to air, as they are
inferior in quality. If I received a full length CD I would usually chuck
the promo CD single. My daughter would fish them out of the waste basket and
take them home and would make a little pocket change by selling them on
ebay. As these are promo CD's they often come with their unique
identification number such as PRCD0001. Record collectors will go out of
their way to pick up promo CD's, as they know that some day they just might
be collectors items. Getting free music from a radio station could be
considered as a perk in the industry. I would much rather prefer people
taking CD's home and burning them as aposed to ripping me off. Radio
stations don't usually get a break when purchasing full length CD'S from a
record company. We pay an annual subscription fee that entitles us to
receive promotional CD'S with multiple tracks. Some of those tracks will be
hit material and will be put into rotation for air play. There are times
when I have received promo CD's with only one good song that I know will
make the charts. In that case you dub the music selection and put it in
rotation and dump the promo CD. It is very common for a radio station to
receive upwards to 100 new releases a week, and out of those 100 releases
you are lucky if 2% of those songs ever see the light of day. So, the bottom
line is that it is better to get the facts before you decide to lynch the
guy. If his boss gives him a promo CD so be it. Now if he decides to sell
that CD to a used record store and the record store sells that same CD to an
unknowing consumer that is where I have a problem. It will usually say on
the CD not for retail sale. In order to regain confidence in the marketplace
record companies are, in some cases re releasing old nuggets on vinyl, and
as part of the package are enclosing a CD copy of that same recording.
Believe it or not vinyl seems to be making a come back. There is something
to be said about the warmness of vinyl that you can't duplicate with CD'S.
.
----- Original Message -----
From: "DJ DOCTOR P" <djdoct...@att.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing
Hello James and others,
I was accused by Tom of stealing because I make copies of CD's that my
boss orders for his radio station.
Sometimes, he orders more CD's then we really need.
He lets us pick and choose what we want and take them home with us.
I am telling you all right out, that my boss gives us CD's.
So if he's giving them to us, then how are we stealing them from him?
And precise, everybody has taped music off the radio and movies and other
shows off the TV using tape recorders and VCR's.
Tom, you're guilty of this too, so you don't really have anything to say
about it.
There isn't a person on the face of this earth that hasn't done it.
People have been doing it for ages, and we are still doing it.
The only thing that has changed about it, is the digital recorders have
pretty much replaced the analog recorders.
This day and age, you can record a song off the radio using your cell
phone to do it.
People are doing that too as well.
I reiterate, my boss gives me the green light to do it.
I do ask!
But let the truth be told, some of my coworkers will bring in their Zoom
and or iPod touch and load them up with music from the mane computer in
the control room.
And the boss doesn't know they're doing it!
Their attitude is, if it's there, then why not help yourself to it?
But in and of myself, if I want something, I'll ask for it.
If I ask for it, and it is given to me, then I can't be stealing it.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Homuth" <ja...@the-jdh.com>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:03 PM
Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing
Well, then, folks are just going to have to look for alternatives. Which
means more of that stuff you call stealing. Either way, the government
still
gets it wrong and BARD only further proves why 20th century business
practices don't work in a 21st century industry.
-----Original Message-----
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org
[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Ford Blackwell
Sent: April 18, 2010 11:52 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing
But Bard is funded by Congress, not exactly the most liberal or
understanding of organizations. If they hear from their "constituants"
not
generally us, they'll pull the plug.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Homuth" <ja...@the-jdh.com>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:43 AM
Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing
Sure, if you believe BARD. Unfortunately, they're borrowing talking
points from the recording industry. And those talking points have been
debunked 6 ways from Sunday.
-----Original Message-----
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org
[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Ford Blackwell
Sent: April 18, 2010 11:42 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing
Actually, the consequences of wide spread piracy from outlets like
Bard will be the elimination of the service.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Homuth" <ja...@the-jdh.com>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:36 AM
Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing
Apple tried to do the exact same thing with their iTunes. They tried
limitting exactly what type of player you could put their music etc on
in the same way BARD is. The reasons that didn't work are the exact
same reasons BARD shouldn't be doing that either. If you get your
hands on something, whether you have legal access to do so or not,
you're going to want to do whatever you want with that something.
Either put it on a CD, or copy it to something smaller than your
Victor Reader, or any number of things. And if someone wants to burn
that book to a CD, or do something else with it that BARD has decided
they're not allowed to, even though they have legal access to it,
people are just going to find less legal means to do so.
Rather than prop up and defend an out of date business model, people
should be pushing companies like BARD to get caught up with the rest
of the world and actually give people a choice as to what to do with
their acquisitions.
-----Original Message-----
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org
[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Ford Blackwell
Sent: April 18, 2010 11:28 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing
But with Bard, you're not permitted to share and you have to qualify
for their service by being blind and having a player that they
authroize.
There
is a specific exception in the copyright law for Bard and Bookshare
type services.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mitchell" <mitchellgre...@gmail.com>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing
I'm with you man, if it is steeling then why is it all rite to use
bard with the book players, because you are downloading the books.
Then you are not giving them back. Not a problem as far as I am
concerned.
Mitchell
-----Original Message-----
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org
[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:09 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing
Ok, so you say, "it's still stealing."
Then you tell me, why are there still some websites that lets you
download music and audio books without having to pay anything for it?
Yes these sites still exist, and people are downloading music and
audio books without having to pay a dime for it.
Explain that one to me, if you can!
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <t...@pc-audio.org>
To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:49 AM
Subject: It's Still Stealing
It's still stealing whether or not your boss gives you permission to
copy it.
Tom
** Message From: DJ DOCTOR P **
>High Tom,
>I don't do it unless my boss gives me the green light to
do it.
>If he says yes, then I do it.
>But if he says no, then it doesn't happen.
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