Piracy is not Theft

[KG4CGC]

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[ki4itv]

This type of logic has traditionally been reserved for monetary policy.
Cats out of the bag now.

[N8YX]

What did they call it when people used to make off-air recordings of their favorite songs - and entire albums?

Yes, the radio stations in this area used to play entire albums starting at midnight, with only a "Side A-to-B" commercial break.

[KG4CGC]

I forgot about recording off the radio. I was guilty of that from age 9 and up. Amazing how many times you can hear a song and then the time you have the tape deck set up the DJ wants to blab over the intro.

Monetary yes, that's where I was going. The tax code and the minting press.

[KC2UGV]

I'm not pirating music/movies/books! I'm participating in a network of multiple, off-site archiving locations.

[KJ3N]

I'm not pirating music/movies/books! I'm participating in a network of multiple, off-site archiving locations.

:rofl:

[N2CHX]

I forgot about recording off the radio. I was guilty of that from age 9 and up. Amazing how many times you can hear a song and then the time you have the tape deck set up the DJ wants to blab over the intro.

Monetary yes, that's where I was going. The tax code and the minting press.

Haha! Me too. I remember about that same age, calling up a radio station and bitching at them for messing up my recording with their blabbing over the songs.

[HUGH]

So far I've amassed 55 cassettes and over 80 minidiscs from the radio, ignoring the quarter-inch tapes I started with. (Yes, I even had a splicing block on the tape recorder with razor blades and splicing tape).

In return, liking stuff like the Beatles, Eric Bibb, Vaughan-Williams and so on, quite an eclectic mix I hope, I've bought a number of CDs which I wouldn't have considered otherwise unless I'd heard them a couple of times over. Is that reasonable? Seems so to me.

Just ordered another Eric Bibb CD in the last half-hour and an Albion Band so I look forward to those!

[N8YX]

Find me something new worth pirating these days and I'll copy it.

You'll search a very long time.

I stopped buying CDs long about the time music went down the (c)rap(per) and have no desire to buy any more unless they're reprints of older acts.

[WØTKX]

The sale priced MP3's from iTunes and Amazon get a few $ from me. But I have a huge music collection anyway.

The local radio station KUVO keeps me going, their online streaming is excellent, BTW. And the Comcast music channels.

Remember music videos? I used to like them sometimes, but YouTube does the job for me.

[KG4CGC]

but YouTube does the job for me.
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[kc7jty]

Youtube
If you can remember some lyrics to the SOB, 95% chance you can listen to it.
Melody doesn't register in the lyrics look ups, so many I wish still to hear remain in limbo.

[kc7jty]

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Causing one to ponder:
Do ducks have dicks?

[KG4CGC]

Causing one to ponder:
Do ducks have dicks?
They just use their fingers.

[NQ6U]

Causing one to ponder:
Do ducks have dicks?

Long Duck Dong in Sixteen Candles seemed to think so.

[kb2vxa]

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[W1GUH]

Yes, ducks do have penises. The look like this:

https://www.msu.edu/course/isb/202/tsao/images/DuckPenis%2042.5cm.JPG

You can go to this site (https://www.msu.edu/course/isb/202/tsao/notes/inotes/11_10_09_genes_evo2.html) scroll down to the image, click, and learn all about it.

Feel a little more educated?

[kc7jty]

That thing would knock momma duck's eyes out.

[n6hcm]

I forgot about recording off the radio. I was guilty of that from age 9 and up. Amazing how many times you can hear a song and then the time you have the tape deck set up the DJ wants to blab over the intro.

that killed me ... which was a shame because i otherwise preferred those stations as a kid. who knew that musicradio wabc (http://www.musicradio77.com/jingles/THUN_BM.WAV) was truly awesome ... i took it for granted!

[W1GUH]

And how sad that a lot of stuff I heard in AM just before FM I never thought to record for posterity. Not the songs, but the stuff the DJ's would do.

I'd especiallly love a recording of Lee Alan's sign-off on WXYZ.

[W4RLR]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/daffy.gifStop that, Daffy! You'll go blind!

[n2ize]

Piracy is not theft.... it's called STEALING !!!!!!!!

[WX7P]

So far I've amassed 55 cassettes and over 80 minidiscs from the radio, ignoring the quarter-inch tapes I started with. (Yes, I even had a splicing block on the tape recorder with razor blades and splicing tape).

In return, liking stuff like the Beatles, Eric Bibb, Vaughan-Williams and so on, quite an eclectic mix I hope, I've bought a number of CDs which I wouldn't have considered otherwise unless I'd heard them a couple of times over. Is that reasonable? Seems so to me.

Just ordered another Eric Bibb CD in the last half-hour and an Albion Band so I look forward to those!

But, yes, old chum, how much of the Stiff Records catalogue graces your collection?

[WX7P]

that killed me ... which was a shame because i otherwise preferred those stations as a kid. who knew that musicradio wabc (http://www.musicradio77.com/jingles/THUN_BM.WAV) was truly awesome ... i took it for granted!

Yeah, but you got a lot of cool airchecks.

Anymore, that's the fun part of my old tapes from the early '70's.

[KG4CGC]

Yeah, but you got a lot of cool airchecks.

Anymore, that's the fun part of my old tapes from the early '70's.
It is now! Back then it was pure cringe.

[kds]

I remember using my CD/cassette stereo to record the CD's to tape so I could play them on my Walkman. That was back when portable CD players were not mass-produced/affordable.

[KA9MOT]

And how sad that a lot of stuff I heard in AM just before FM I never thought to record for posterity. Not the songs, but the stuff the DJ's would do.

I'd especiallly love a recording of Lee Alan's sign-off on WXYZ.

Your post got me to google "Lee Alan's sign-off on WXYX" Finding little, I decided to Google the station I listened to as a kid in NE Pennsylvania, "WARM Radio, The Mighty 590".
As I have gotten older (Middle Aged), and sicker, I have been thinking about my chlildhood, and how much I miss PA. I was very excited to see that WARM Radio has a website dedicated to the WARM Radio from the 1960s and 1970s which is when I was listening. So many memories. And you know I was using my Portable Reel to Reel to record the music!

Part 2:

My father raced at the old Pocono Drag Lodge in the 60s and 70s. Mom and Dad had an old 8MM movie camera and would film many of his races. In 2004 Dad found some of the old 8MM films (many had not survived) and had them converted to DVD. I took the DVD and used Movie editing software and separated the Drag Racing scenes from Christmas and road trip scenes and posted them to YouTube.

Today I found that WARM Radios nostalgia website used that video! Wanna see me as a kid? I'm at the end of the video:

http://david-yonki.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-09-20T18:15:00-07:00&max-results=7

Scroll down to "POCONO DRAG LODGE REUNION" First video.

Caution, This was my first (and last) attempt at video editing....turn your speakers down....I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the canned music

[kb2vxa]

Theft:
Attack a ship, kill passengers and crew, steal cargo, sink ship.

Piracy:
Attack a ship, kill passengers and crew, duplicate cargo, sink ship.

[suddenseer]

What did they call it when people used to make off-air recordings of their favorite songs - and entire albums?

Yes, the radio stations in this area used to play entire albums starting at midnight, with only a "Side A-to-B" commercial break.Our local college station transmitted a tone to adjust the speed on the recorder. I had a reel to reel (revox) that had the tone feature.