Hello Steve, Saturday, November 30, 2002, you wrote: Cac> Please tell me why, if someone copies and keeps one of our releases, thereby Cac> depriving me of the sale of that release and our artist for the payment of Cac> the sale of that release, why this *isn't* theft? Pretty simple. Lets say I'm making hamburgers and selling them. You bought one, tasted it and then made copies of it, invited friends and you ate them. Did you steal something from me? No. Did I get less money because you didn't buy hamburgers from me, but copied them instead? Yes. Was it theft? Of course not. Now, tell me, what is the difference? NP: Guillermo GREGORIO Trio "Red Cube(d)" (CD) -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com URL: http://www.downtownmusic.net/