[kj] Killing Joke- Buy or Die

[James Osborne]

Yeah, I have Yellow Magic Orchestra's Solid State Survivor on vinyl (the 
UK release from 79) and it has an audio cassette on the back with a big 
X on it saying the exact same thing. Oddly enough, Ryuichi Sakamoto 
(famed film composer, classical composer, world fusion artist, 
progressive electronic/minimalist artist) from Yellow Magic Orchestra is 
a big advocate for eliminating copyrights in the world. He feels that 
with the progression of the digital age that copyrights hold no ground.

B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

> The first album by Venom had a warning sticker on it typical of vinyl 

> LPs at the time: "Home taping is killing the record industry." Home 

> cassette dubbing and tape trading was a huge concern.

>

> Venom's twist was to include the sticker -- "Home taping is killing the 

> record industry" -- but the band added "...and so is Venom!"

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

> Neil Perry wrote:

>   

>> Just saw this:

>>

>> http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2007624,00.html

>>

>> 'Apple boss calls for end to music download restrictions'

>>

>> I think the depressing thing is that the 'music business' - ie the 

>> established

>> major labels - was so petrified by the digital age, and is now swimming

>> against the tide in a rather pathetic way. The campaign against

>> cassettes was huge and went on all the time and as you say

>> had no effect - and that was how I and my friends got to share new

>> music (and then we would run to the record shop to buy them after

>> we'd heard a taster).

>>

>>     

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