Re: Grant-- re: tapetrade "loophole"

[Grant Burgess <grantburgess@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Grant Burgess wrote:
>
>> While that loophole has never been tested in court. The idea is very similar
>> to a record store owner who sells blank tapes in the store. Since several
>> record store owners I've dealt with collect live tapes, it would be like a
>> store owner offering to tape a show for a customer if the tape supplied for
>> the show is purchased at the store. In other words with or without live
>> material, the tape is sold for $3-$4 each.

Theolyn says:
>With all due respect, of course:
>The only tapes I've ever seen in indie stores are *already* taped upon.
>I've 
>never heard of any of these kind of deals coming from record stores.
>Anyway...

Well Theolyn:
you don't know some of my friends up here in the Great white North!
>Going with your previous scenario,
>during prosecution, they would make you (the indivual, Grant B)
>show how many "blank" tapes you had
>sold in the last month, year, etc. When you can't show any, then you're
>in hot water.

There would be records in the cash register's till. Believe me!
>I just DO NOT think it is a good strategy.
>
>
>!!!????:
>
>> >It was kind of coldhearted for theolyn to laugh at you, but he does have one
>> >point.
>
>I didn't receive this message. Perhaps it was sent to you privately,
>Grant?
>I didn't *laugh* to be coldhearted and I hope Grant didn't see it as
>such. :)
>I actually thought it was funny initially 
>and now I see how serious this conversation is turning.

It is a humourous arguement. It's sort of like my infamous tapes for beers
ploy at the 1994 convention in London. The beautiful thing about trading
tapes for pints of beer is that the authorities have no way of producing
evidence on my activities as the beer was consumed. Once I drank the beers I
recieved for the tapes, the evidence goes down the toilet.

Theolyn did not laugh at me coldhearted either. She is someone one the list
that I think of as a good friend. We don't always agree on issues, but we do
respect each others views!

" I'm gonna go to Wisconsin, or maybe I'll go to the Moon!!"

Robert Plant, Brixton Academy, London 7/16/93