<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/14/02 9:42:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, john.l.marshall@gte.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My policy for the past three years is to buy CDs directly from the musician. Big record company provide little value added but take huge profits. I give them what they earn; nothing. Avarice!</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>I think we all do this where possible..sometimes it isn't though, and I've got no problem with putting a few bucks in the pocket of an independent label. Majors I avoid like the plague whenever I can.
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