Re: A New Twist On Copyright Infringement?

"Mike Rivers" wrote...
Richard Crowley wrote:
Because the same copyright law theory applies to both.
Because the same commercial law theory applies to both.
Because records, CDs, et.al., since their inception, have been
sold with the same kind of intrinsic license as books have been
sold with for centuries.

If now musicians think there's something wrong with applying the old model
to modern times, don't they have any right to say something about changing
it, or applying a different model?

You will have a better chance of coming up with a completely new
model (along with some controllable method of delivery). An excellent
example is Amazon's Kindle which gets them out of the physical book
warehouse/shipping business altogether. Complaining that musos don't
get paid for re-sale of CDs is tilting at windmills. If they don't like the
model, then don't release physical CDs.

They treated mental illness with lobotomy for centuries. Isn't it nice
that they don't do that now?

The "progressive" method of handling mental illness now is to close
the mental hospitals and turn these unfortunate people out onto the
streets to fend for themselves. I wouldn't call that "nice". YMMV

The law is the law. If you don't like it, you are a lot closer to
Washington
DC than I am. You could go and lobby in person. I'm limited to
writing letters.

I'm not one for whom the law needs to be change, but I understand the
need. Let the musicians convince THE RIAA, THEIR TRADE ORGANIZATION that
the law needs to be changed. The problem with that, as I see it, is that
the RIAA represents the interests of the largest chunk of money in the
industry, but the smallest population group. Britney Spears and Garth
Brooks can object to the current system on principle, but they can cry all
the way to the bank. Dolly Parton has figured it out and takes care of her
own business. Independent musicians who choose to play music for their
livelihood rather than work in an office are the ones who can best benefit
from a change in "the law" and means of enforcement to eke out a few more
bucks from each of their recorded efforts. But I guess you just don't care
about them because there's already a law on the books.

More and more musicians seem to be getting smart (as your example of
Dolly Parton). And the new technology makes it much easier for musos
to produce, promote, and distribute everything under their own control.


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