A couple of weeks ago my husband and I were at a Chris Smither concert (he's a wonderful blues player, but that is another thread) and the guy in front of us told his buddy to buy a CD and he'd copy it. Now, for a long time we have felt that that just is plain wrong and have refused to do that, buying another copy of something if a friend liked something so much we had to give it to them. Well, David told the guy he was stealing Chris' work and they had a bit of a tiff. We asked the guy if he wanted to face Chris and tell him what he was doing, and backed him into a corner. He tried to pass the blame onto us-- "That guy wants me to tell you that I'm loaning my friend money to buy your CD and I'm gonna copy it". Well areally funny series of looks went across Chris' face, and his reply was something like "If you believe in stealing other folks work, go ahead". I felt bad 'cause Chris was hurt and mad 'cause the guy never really seemed to get it. Have any of you ever been in this sort of situation, and how have you handled it?

I should say another friend at the Clearwater told me to copy his disc if after hearing it I liked it. I told him I wouldn't and after a bit he got it. It's his first disk and he's just thrilled to have people hear it, and isn't counting on that income, but I still can't do it.

Any feedback?

CamiSu