Re: Agent 3.0 Woof

"Steven de Mena" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> appears to have caused the
following letters to be typed in news:n-adnaUNdtmz-8HeRVn-vg@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> "Matthew B. Tepper" <oyþ@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns96F8DA8C8C74Equackandflap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sipowitz001@xxxxxxxxx appears to have caused the following letters to
>> be typed in news:3tfol19uerh8g6084njvj919i02v80dmqq@xxxxxxx:
>>
>>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:10:27 -0700, "Steven de Mena"
>>><steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>><sipowitz00@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> If you want to pirate from the major record companies, go ahead.
>>>>> These giants have ripped off their customers and artists for years
>>>>
>>>>How have they "ripped you off"?
>>>
>>> If you enclose in quotes then at least do so with some accuracy. Your
>>> encouragement of the thief only shows your own propensity to the same.
>>>
>>> But my above statement had to deal with price fixing and the widespread
>>> and purposeful misstatement of artist royalties among other factors.
>>
>> Don't forget the payola!
>
> Why should I, as a consumer, care about that?

Because, as a business practice, it is fundamentally dishonest.

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