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Thread #126218   Message #2814862
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
18-Jan-10 - 08:38 AM
Thread Name: Free Rare Old Folk Album Downloads
Subject: RE: Free Rare Old Folk Album Downloads
I'm in exactly the same position as you, Ralphie - but the point being made here is that the downloads won't effect your material sales in the slightest - assuming that happens anyway, in which case, as has been shown, if you're not happy with that a request to the people involved is all it takes for them to take it down. They aren't doing it to defraud or capitalise - they're doing it for the simple love of the music, much as we all are one would hope! Thing is, once something is out there it becomes part of the common cultural lore and it could well take on a life of its own well beyond your control, albeit for the very best of reasons.

But then again, I'm just a naturally optimistic, half-full fun kind of guy who believes the best about people, and music, in the sure faith that 1) the essence of Folk is the intersecting of the collective with the individual which is the very wellspring of The Tradition, and 2) Chaos is the generative force of the universe...