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                 Canopus Productions Mission Statement
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We aim to create audio documents to the highest standards, which will
do the music justice and provide years of enjoyable listening.

Our goal is to grant eternal life to the Artists' spirits which shall
live on in the ears, hearts and minds of the Listeners.

Canopus Productions shall endeavour to archive and backup the work
onto new media formats, ensuring it is accessible by future generations.

We shall also teach this repertoire wherever possible, to pass on the
Knowledge by direct transmission, so that it survives in people's
memories in the event of a global catastrophe, socio-economic collapse
or destruction of archives.

Cross-platform compatibility is maintained through the use of open
standards and Free Software, preventing vendor lock-in and closed
proprietary racketeering.

We let the Music breathe and live its own life unencumbered by DRM,
instead of stifling it and imposing constraints on the Listeners.

There shall always be sound clips and sample tracks available for free
download as promotional materials for the complete albums. This keeps
our bandwidth costs down and allows us to keep the service free to use.

We only aim to make enough money from CD sales to cover duplication,
archive and bandwidth costs. Our Artists do it for Love! :-)

While we encourage copying to propagate memes to Friends, the original
article is available cheaply enough to warrant owning your own; besides,
the unique packaging and presentation is nice enough to want to collect.

We embrace the Digital Age and welcome advances in technology that bring
people closer and liberate information for the greater good.

We endorse the philosophies of The Long Now Foundation:
http://www.longnow.org/about/

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02005-09-30 13:09 Mu hearing Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite"