I know $30 is not a lot, but I feel very strongly about intellectual property, partly because of the unconscionable violations cited above. And since we're not talking a lot of money here, I think we owe it to each other (not to mention bound by law) to pay for material used to make a profit. An analogy I used before is that I would certainly lend my truck to a friend to move or whatever, but if he went into business and was making money off of my truck, which I worked hard to get, it's just not right that I wouldn't get a share of the profits. I wouldn't do that to anyone else, and I wouldn't appreciate having it done to me. Songwriter royalties do not keep anyone from performing or selling recordings. It's such a small part of the whole financial consideration.

Chet