[KRAFTWERK] KW 1 and 2

[Matthew Dean]

  Hi
   
  All true (a sin is a sin, only we make it "not so bad" and "terrible"), but for those 
  who do have the morals, they shouldn't keep quiet just because it won't help. If one 
  person is helped, then that's one more than before. Shit, especially here in South 
  Africa - drugs, crime, AIDS, everything that is bad is rife here! 
   
  Mind you, that's one thing though - South Africa is a pirate's heaven. You can
  walk outside and buy fake Nikes, Levis, soccer shirts, anything you want really.
  With SA winning the World Cup Rugby, they now said that some 80% of all
  merchandise owned is fake, and indeed they sell fake replica shirts at every 
  traffic light. As for media though - there is a huge market for pirate DVDs, yet
  oddly enough not for CDs. I have yet to find a pirated CD (besides CD copying of
  course). So for once, we're not the worst at something. Surprising though because
  besides the extremely mainstream stuff at the odd supermarket, we only have 4 
  chains of CD stores (Musica for mainstream stuff, Look and Listen - Rhythmic 
  Beat and CD Wherehouse for local and imported stuff). It's hard to get the stuff that
  anyone in USA/EU would get in general, and definitely no bootlegs!
   
  Definitely, when I move back to Europe next year, and hoping that Kraftwerk will
  release the back-catalogue before I get old and die, I'd get the official relesaes. But
  when will this happen...
   
  Cheers
  Matt
  
No question they are not in the same league. The basic principle is 
the same, though. The original suggestion was basically, "Don't buy 
bootleg CDs of the first three albums just because KW won't authorize 
reissues, because you don't have the 'right' to own CDs of all their albums."

That's a very true statement, but realistically, don't hold your 
breath waiting for the teeming millions to suffer an attack of 
conscience and forswear buying bootlegs of music/movies/TV shows that 
they can't get via legitimate channels (my loose moral interpretation 
in these cases doesn't apply to anyone who bootlegs copies of 
music/movies/TV shows which ARE available via legitimate channels; 
drastic situations justify drastic measures :-) ). Similarly don't 
hold your breath expecting human beings (especially horny USAnian 
teenagers) to develop strictly orthodox "Christian" consciences and 
stop f*cking outside of the bounds of holy matrimony. The history of 
the human species makes it abundantly clear that neither (forswearing 
illicit entertainment media and forswearing illicit sex) is gonna happen.

And I say this as the owner of the bootlegs of "Kraftwerk", 
"Kraftwerk 2", and "Ralf und Florian", as well as bootleg DVDs of the 
TV series "Quark" and "The Green Hornet". In my defense, I'll say is 
that in the event these products are ever given authorized CD/DVD 
releases I'll *immediately* shell out money for the legit copies and 
destroy my bootlegs. The only reason I've resorted to the bootleg 
route here is to complete my collection of certain media where 
authorized copies simply aren't available; if authorized copies were 
available I'd happily pay out my simoleons to the folks marketing them.

Cheers,

LRC



       
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