Does piracy annoy you ??

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Hi people, Merry Christmas to everyone. I could also make some comment about the hope of 2007 bringing some new TSOM related 'product', but that would be rather silly I suppose.. ??

Anyway, to move away from festive matters I would like to ask a favour .. does anyone know of someone who has been affected by music / CD / DVD piracy ??

To cut a long story short a friend of mine who works for Trading Standards is currently looking to take some action against a group of 'pirates' who peddle counterfeit CDs & DVDs. We're not talking a few odd copies here, these are people who have set up a cottage industry operation, knocking out 1000s of fake copies around markets & car boots.

What he basically requires is a few words from someone 'in the trade'
about the ways in which music piracy has caused them 'harm or distress'
- in plain language how the activities of music pirates costs them money or affects their job security etc. This would add a new aspect to his endeavours, as he can make a direct link to the ways in which piracy hurts people who work in the industry.

This could be someone in a band, a session player, a producer, someone in A&R, a studio owner.. basically anyone with a job or connection to the music biz who's willing to go on record to say 'pirates are bad people & cost me money', or something to that effect. Someone from the
UK East Midlands or nearby would be a bonus, but that's not essential.

In return there will probably be some publicity, as the local press here usually cover piracy cases with gusto. The Trading Standards people in Derby have a good relationship with local media, so in return for a few suitable words I'm sure they could encourage the press to make heavy mention of any band / music biz people who are anti-piracy supporters.
Anyway, by all means chew this over & if anyone can help please let me know. If anyone has any ideas I'd be very grateful.

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Does piracy annoy me?

ARRRRRHHHH! ;D

Now, since I am just a semi-pro musician, I find that all illegal copies of my demo CDs contribute to the promotion of my band...

I will talk with you again when I am a Platinum Seller :twisted:

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fair comment
by the way if anyone wants to mail me re. the piracy discussion / help request my e-mail is ian DOT terry AT derby.gov.uk . Thanks. :lol:

[email address edited by qb to protect ian's mailbox :D ]
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Just for the record, but maybe it is adviseable to edit your email address in the above post and work with "AT" and "DOT" and so on.

HeartLand gets buggered a lot by spambots of late, and your email addy might get sucked in by their big jaws eventually ;)

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Just for the record, but maybe it is adviseable to edit your email address in the above post and work with "AT" and "DOT" and so on.

HeartLand gets buggered a lot by spambots of late, and your email addy might get sucked in by their big jaws eventually ;)

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Quiff Boy wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Just for the record, but maybe it is adviseable to edit your email address in the above post and work with "AT" and "DOT" and so on.

HeartLand gets buggered a lot by spambots of late, and your email addy might get sucked in by their big jaws eventually ;)

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Don't overdo your work on your honeymoon eh Quiff... ;)

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote: Don't overdo your work on your honeymoon eh Quiff... ;)

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He´s just having a break..
:innocent: :lol:
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eotunun wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote: Don't overdo your work on your honeymoon eh Quiff... ;)

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He´s just having a break..
:innocent: :lol:
And since he doesn't smoke he just checks HL in between his "marital duties" ;D


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been back at work all week, thankyerveryglad :roll:
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Quiff Boy wrote:been back at work all week, thankyerveryglad :roll:
sorry boss

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nicely derailed, you lot.
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Um.. been nasty, hm?
Sorry..
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nae sorry ´bout the derailment, though!
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I wish my bands were being pirated. I'll shake the hand of the first person to make a bootleg live recording.
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Dark wrote:I wish my bands were being pirated. I'll shake the hand of the first person to make a bootleg live recording.
Do I HAVE to point out the flaw in your statement or are you going to do it yourself? ;)

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Oh yeah, do the Sisters method and bootleg ourselves. :lol:
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captain pugwash was cool..and of course anything "treasure island related" (apart from one-legged long-johns; talking parrots who don't say "excuse me mrs woman, but do you take it up the shitter"; taking the black spot to blind pugh; and bitter one-time guitarists who barely scraped into the also-ran list of SGWBM but who think that gives them the right to threaten MY friends -in a cowardly while-the-teachers-not-looking kind of way. :wink:)
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Does piracy annoy me?
It's those camp folded-down boots and hooks-for-hands that get me. And the sails always have holes in them.
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Norman Hunter wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Does piracy annoy me?
It's those camp folded-down boots and hooks-for-hands that get me. And the sails always have holes in them.
I'm allergic to parrots.

I get stomach burn after only two...

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Dark wrote:Oh yeah, do the Sisters method and bootleg ourselves. :lol:
Thanks. ;)

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
Norman Hunter wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Does piracy annoy me?
It's those camp folded-down boots and hooks-for-hands that get me. And the sails always have holes in them.
I'm allergic to parrots.

I get stomach burn after only two...

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a couple of parrots-eat-em-all? :innocent:
try renees. :wink:
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Dark wrote:I wish my bands were being pirated. I'll shake the hand of the first person to make a bootleg live recording.
Don't you have to play live to get bootlegged!

If you play down south i'll do it for you!
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I got bootlegged. Unfortunately dad's phone can only do 7 seconds of video / 30 seconds of audio at a time and, as lovely as they are, the school's emo populace were neither interested nor suitably equipped :P
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