Fighting Music Piract In Canada (Article Written in 1897) (BestActEver)

[DrewWilson]

You thought that music piracy was a product of modern times, didn’t you? Have a look at the image below (and the original PDF linked at the bottom) for a New York Times article from June, 1897 discussing music piracy - of course the perpetrators were Canadian.

More... (http://www.bestactever.com/2009/04/26/the-long-war-music-piracy-in-1897-nytimes/)

[Via BoingBoing (http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/26/canadian-music-pirat.html)]

Naturally. The United States - blaming Canada for all of their problems since 1897.

[Signa]

112 years later, they are still bitching and still not dead from the "losses"

I'm surprised at the term "piracy" being used. I thought that originated somewhat recently.

[1cooldude]

wtf? I used to record all my albums in the seventies on the cassette. Wasn't as easy as d/l and burning but at one point I had over 600 cassettes. It takes me back to my trusty Dual 604 and a Teac deck. :sadwavey: