The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126218   Message #2802889
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
04-Jan-10 - 08:01 AM
Thread Name: Free Rare Old Folk Album Downloads
Subject: RE: Free Rare Old Folk Album Downloads
THTM will remove uploads when an artist complains it's there without permission but it takes a while and even then, there are plenty of selfish users who just put them back up. I mentioned to Pete Coe that some of his back catalogue had been posted (carefully not mentioning that I'd had a sneaky listen) and he was not a bit pleased and got them taken off. Ex-Leader/Trailer artists are up and down with remarkable rapidity and I would imagine that this stems from Celtic keeping a close watch and squealing when ill-gotten gains from their CD-R re-releases might be threatened. This matters not a lot to the artists themselves as they are getting nothing out of it either way, except that "free" downloads could prejudice future legitimate re-releases. What is unforgiveable is the uploading of recordings made from live and outtake performances compliled specifically to circumvent the Celtic impasse and generate income. This is not just unethical - it's theft.