EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Ned,

Your words are encouraging, but have not quieted my churning 
stomach! My open honesty is both my biggest virtue and my 
biggest flaw (been more of a flaw lately).  Thank you, Ned, for 
your acceptance.  I'm going to go call Sweetwater now.

I would love to read people's thoughts on the ethical, legal, and 
practical aspects of intellectual property.  I'm very open to 
reforming myself (have always planned to, just never got around 
to it), and it's nice if I feel like I'm doing it out of more than simple 
fear! 

-Morgan


--- In exs-users@y..., Ned Bouhalassa <ned@n...> wrote:
> Morgan,
> 
> Very gutsy post, my friend. Your frankness is almost as 
endearing as your 
> eloquence. I, for one, think you deserve a second chance.
> 
> Good luck with your new software. Come here for help when 
you get the legit 
> deal.
> 
> Ned
> 
> morganpackard wrote:
> 
> > Dear list,
> > 
> > I'd like to do what I can to make this situation right.  I'm not an
> > entirely bad person.  I'm in the process of moving from being 
a
> > completely amateur musician to being a more professional 
one,
> > and wasn't aware of how stupid I was being.  Obviously I am
> > aware now.  I hope that you can all have an open attitude 
toward
> > me as an individual (I'm not asking you to accept software
> > piracy).  I'm relatively young, I'm naive, I'm actually looking for
> > good role models, and am hoping to connect with some of 
them
> > on this list. It seems I've started out in just about the worst
> > possible way.
> > 
> > I had origianlly thought that joining this community would be 
a
> > good occasion to pay for the software I use (sounds weak, I
> > know, but there's some truth in it), and that I would be around
> > people dissaproving of, but not to the point of prosecution, of
> > using pirated software. I anticipated that being around a 
more
> > professional group of people would encourage me to act in a
> > more professional manner.  I obviously vastly 
underestimated
> > the degree to which you people take this seriously.  I will 
order
> > copies of logic and esx24 today.  I will also strongly 
encourage
> > anyone I encounter in the future who uses software without
> > paying for it  to immediately stop doing so.  This has already
> > been a scary experience for me, and, if I'm not misreading 
your
> > posts, this is not the end of it.
> > 
> > Lastly, if it's not too late, please work with me here, rather 
than
> > against me. If any of you would like to give me a word or two 
of
> > kindly advice, feel free to contact me at
> > morgan@m... You can, of course, also use that
> > email for spam.
> > 
> > thank you
> > 
> > -morgan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.nedfx.com
> 
>        Ned Bouhalassa
> 
> n e d @ n e d f x . c o m