Opothecary wrote:If you are specifically a fan of BoC (as opposed to an IDM fan in general) you know their past wishes regarding these releases. I could see if you are an IDM fan first rather than a "BoC fan", being concerned about an individual artist's wishes for their work could elicit indifference or it may just seem bizarre to care.
I'm a fan of BoC as opposed to an IDM fan in general, and I know BoC's past wishes regarding this material. Their wishes were that no one gets to hear them, at least for the moment.
Yet you listen to them. You must be indifferent about BoC's wishes for their work.
It's not some mystery man flogging these tapes, it's Mike Paranidas. If BoC have a problem with him selling the tapes then they can give him a ring and say "Hey Mike, it's the other Mike, listen can you not do that please?" We have no idea whether or not this has happened. We don't even know if BoC have given their assent to this auction.
One thing we do know for sure is that BoC don't want people listening to low quality illegal bootleg copies of their juvenilia. You listen to them, yet you are prepared to condemn someone legally selling the original tapes, even though you don't know the facts behind the sale.
That makes you a massive hypocrite. Either stop expressly disobeying (in hushed tones)
The Brothers wishes and delete your illegal, unauthorized, explicitly forbidden copies of their music, or stop having such double standards.