Comments on: Grateful Dead tunes taken offline http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7164 p2pnet.net - reader powered Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7164#comment-25447 Reader's Write Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:48:49 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7164#comment-25447 Now that's a bloody shame. This flies in the face of all that the original group stood for. I myself have been a Deadhead for many years, supporting exactly what they were trying to do. That they had the exception, early on to allow their fans to record those concerts they did live through their labels showed that art and music were the tops for the group. Wisely Jerry Garcia knew that hearing those recordings by others not there at the concert was advertisement that could not be brought at any price. It resulted in a faithful following that were fans throughout the bands performance years. Such fans are the key to a bands longevity. As long as fans are faithful, that band always has income and more fans as those who never saw them but heard the recordings came to see and hear with their own eyes and ears a truely great band. Sadly those original members will never regroup to play again. Those that now hold the copyrights aren't the original members for the most part and they want to cash in. Exactly what the group was against. I udderly respect the groups original tenents. I do not respect second hand owners of the copyrights that just want to cash in. I too, join this boycott. Sell all you will, it won't be to me. There is one further thing I would mention. In this action you have destroyed an idealistic image I had of this group as a smart way to do business. One that came from the age of this music. That sticking it to the man was part of what this band was about. Since the original band is no longer and they can't speak for themselves, I will. I will continue to stick it to those that now want to cash in by not particapting. How's that for sticking to the man? Now that’s a bloody shame. This flies in the face of all that the original group stood for. I myself have been a Deadhead for many years, supporting exactly what they were trying to do. That they had the exception, early on to allow their fans to record those concerts they did live through their labels showed that art and music were the tops for the group. Wisely Jerry Garcia knew that hearing those recordings by others not there at the concert was advertisement that could not be brought at any price. It resulted in a faithful following that were fans throughout the bands performance years. Such fans are the key to a bands longevity. As long as fans are faithful, that band always has income and more fans as those who never saw them but heard the recordings came to see and hear with their own eyes and ears a truely great band.

Sadly those original members will never regroup to play again. Those that now hold the copyrights aren’t the original members for the most part and they want to cash in. Exactly what the group was against. I udderly respect the groups original tenents. I do not respect second hand owners of the copyrights that just want to cash in.

I too, join this boycott. Sell all you will, it won’t be to me. There is one further thing I would mention. In this action you have destroyed an idealistic image I had of this group as a smart way to do business. One that came from the age of this music. That sticking it to the man was part of what this band was about. Since the original band is no longer and they can’t speak for themselves, I will. I will continue to stick it to those that now want to cash in by not particapting. How’s that for sticking to the man?

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