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Thread #94776   Message #1839363
Posted By: Fred McCormick
20-Sep-06 - 02:54 PM
Thread Name: Reflections/Criticism of Peter Kennedy
Subject: RE: Reflections/Criticism of Peter Kennedy
Does Captain Birdseye live in the real world ? I quote him chapter and verse and give sources and he accuses me of libelling the man. Then he virtually accuses me of accusing Kennedy of stealing mechanical copyright royalties. Sorry Cap'n, there's a law of libe dontcha know.

As for Olesko. If Kennedy was a businessman out to exploit the artistic culture of the numan race, that would be bad enough. He wasn't. He was a collector who worked for a good part of his life on a publicly funded stipend. His recordings of Neilly Boyle were made while he was on that stipend. The terms he tried to raise with Geoff were outrageous.

As for Tom Munnelly. The vast majority of the people Kennedy ripped off were in no financial position to do anything about it. That is why he was able to get away with it.