Post #185558 by tikibars on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 11:14 AM

Glad you're all so stoked up about the swap meet.

Remember, it's not just for music - so bring your postcards, menues, matchbooks, mugs, spouses, or commemorative statuettes of liberty.

But let me retierate that you guys really should refrain from trading digital copies (as opposed to original pressings) of material still under copyright. Having a CD burning facility set up right out in the open is probably not the best idea in the world.

I am not sure how Robert Drasnin, Yma Sumac, Haole Kats, Tongo Hiti, King Kukulele, or Waitiki will feel about people copying their music right there in front of the stage they will be playing on... and if you're not going to copy these people's music out of respect for them being present that weekend, then how is that really different from copying the music of I Belli, Don Tiki, Los Straightjackets, Don Ho, Mai Kai Gents, Britney Spears, or any other living artist? It isn't. And just becasue Misters Denny, Baxter, Colon, and Lyman aren't with us, that doesn't mean that someone doesn't legitimately own their material.

Let's swap legit stuff until our little hearts are content, but if you guys insist on swapping illegal digital copies of material still under copyright (stuff for which copyright has expired is OK, of course)... well, let it be said that this is strongly discouraged.