RE: crackdown.

[Jon Grant <tianmus@aracnet.net>]

Someone asked whether we may owe a debt to those who produced our 
fantastic looping toys and instruments above and beyond the financial 
price we paid.  I would say if that money is the price they put on it, 
then we owe them nothing else.  Similarly, if I decide that a certain 5 
second clip of my music is worth some amount of money, than that's what 
the price should be: quite simple. Some people (including people on this 
list) put prices other than money on their music/art.  That should be the 
artist's choice.  (Some of us here expect critical input, or a trade of 
other music for our efforts.)  If an artist prices his work too high, 
regardless of the quality, no one will want to take advantage of that art. 
 I don't happen to have enough money to buy an EDP, therefore I will not 
buy one.  I'll do without or find something that substitutes. Likewise, if 
I can't afford to use a sample from some artist's latest work, I can use 
something else or nothing at all.

Unfortunately, it is not usually the artist that assigns the price to his 
art.

Jon Grant
Tian Music
http://www.aracnet.net/~tianmus