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The idea the copying a file is a crime is a gross exaggeration born of laws making this a contract condition of any purchase.

Morally, then, to download a file is less of a crime than copying the original file, but if you're copying a copy, you're not a party to the original rights contract inherent in the purchase of the film or tune.

Yes, governments can legislate to make this a crime, but that's the criminalisation of small fish, while the real thefts, recopyrighting of public domain material being done by big corporations is not only going unpunished, but is actively encouraged.

APRA/AMCOSS (Australia's rights management body for songwriters), due to an administrative error on the part of Australia's national broadcaster the ABC, have put a song of mine into copyright that was expressly posted online as public domain and royalty-free. The ABC missed this condition, filed their rights report and now APRA refuse to release it because they claim I've assigned my rights on all of my works.

That is copyright theft, yet it is perfectly legal. Yes, I'll get paid for any uses of the song, but that's not the point. I wanted that song to belong to the global body of artistic work, a tribute to Tasmania, my home state, and to my love. APRA/AMCOSS have stolen that tribute in my name, without my authority.

There are only two rules which apply here AFAICS, those with the gold make the rules, and copyright is so broken it's unfixable.

http://macidol.com/song/23027 is the song in question.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

There's MacIDOL.com (my fave), macjams.com and icompositions.com - you have to be a Mac user to put your original composition on them, but the music is downloadable in MP3 format by anybody. There's an enormous range of genres and you don't have to wade through too much junk to find great stuff. 99% of it is free download, too. Artists to check out are James Bouchard, Talking Ape, Slumbering, iFingers, Paul Brazier, Deadman Turner and Bill Josey to name just a tiny, tiny few. A big fave of mine in the non-RIAA stakes, too, are The Sunray Estate and you might find a bit of good rock'n'roll to download at The Breed's site. I've got to say I'm impressed with anybody looking for music from sources other than the record industry. They're the real supporters of music. Record labels don't care about the artists, just the money.

...hey, nobody ever pointed out B&Massa's 3 Da Skips or Jiguma's Guantanamo Vacation, did they? And that was when something could be done to free David Hicks (for instance) before he pleaded guilty in the kangaroo court the land of the free trumped him in. Fighting for freedom by denying people the rights of liberty is like, well... good luck getting the virginity back, Debbie of Dallas

...hey, nobody ever pointed out B&Massa's 3 Da Skips or Jiguma's Guantanamo Vacation, did they? And that was when something could be done to free David Hicks (for instance) before he pleaded guilty in the kangaroo court the land of the free trumped him in. Fighting for freedom by denying people the rights of liberty is like, well... good luck getting the virginity back, Debbie of Dallas

On Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:06 am, I posted this... http://www.macidol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3470 In a nutshell, Cringely stole my idea. As well as a ranting troll, he's become a plagarist, apparently. ;-) kilroydegeek

I recorded a CD and released it online. I also allow some of the tracks to be downloaded for free at MacIdol. And here's what I've found...

As I have made more tracks available for free downloading, CD sales have INCREASED. I think I know at least one reason. We all can recall an artist that we sorta liked on first listening, but then liked more and more as we listened more and more. When you allow several songs to be downloaded for free, you increase your chances of this happening. If people dig the music enough, they might order the CD. If they don't, then you've lost nothing. But they still have your "free" songs out there and they have friends, and you never know.

And instead of releasing the worst songs from the disc for free, I released what I thought were the best songs. I wish big artists would do this.

I'm in line to get the CD into iTunes, but the waiting list to get in is long, so it can take months for a little guy to get in. But I just see iTunes as another way to get exposure. Once the CD is on iTunes, I will still allow free downloading of some songs, because I really believe it will help, not hurt, CD sales. My freely downloadable songs are located at:

http://www.macidol.com/jamroom/bands/999/music.php

I wanted to drop a note to let you know about my latest creation. It is a spoof on the Pepsi/iTunes commercial and how to always win at the game.

Length: 30 sec. This was written for a short film I made on how to always win a free song. You can see the video at http://homepage.mac.com/jimyounkin/iMovieTheater4. html. This song as well as the video are released under the Creative Commons License (cc)2004 Jim Younkin. Share and sample freely! Email me about this song at this email address: fluxdada-sodasong@yahoo.com.

I Bought Some Soda by Jim Younkin III (y3)


play hi-bitrate (mp3) (broadband) at MacIdol.

download hi-bitrate (856.69 KB) at MacIdol.

My other music is available on MacIdol here.

-Jim Younkin III

Lyrics: "I walked up to the Albertsons, I bought some soda and they all won. I bought some soda and they all won. Hi. I'm one of the people that figured out how to get free music at the grocery store and I'm here to say, in front of everybody, what the heck am I gonna do with all this nasty soda?"

I wanted to drop a note to let you know about my latest creation. It is a spoof on the Pepsi/iTunes commercial and how to always win at the game.

Length: 30 sec. This was written for a short film I made on how to always win a free song. You can see the video at http://homepage.mac.com/jimyounkin/iMovieTheater4. html. This song as well as the video are released under the Creative Commons License (cc)2004 Jim Younkin. Share and sample freely! Email me about this song at this email address: fluxdada-sodasong@yahoo.com.

I Bought Some Soda by Jim Younkin III (y3)


play hi-bitrate (mp3) (broadband) at MacIdol.

download hi-bitrate (856.69 KB) at MacIdol.

My other music is available on MacIdol here.

-Jim Younkin III

Lyrics: "I walked up to the Albertsons, I bought some soda and they all won. I bought some soda and they all won. Hi. I'm one of the people that figured out how to get free music at the grocery store and I'm here to say, in front of everybody, what the heck am I gonna do with all this nasty soda?"

I wanted to drop a note to let you know about my latest creation. It is a spoof on the Pepsi/iTunes commercial and how to always win at the game.

Length: 30 sec. This was written for a short film I made on how to always win a free song. You can see the video at http://homepage.mac.com/jimyounkin/iMovieTheater4. html. This song as well as the video are released under the Creative Commons License (cc)2004 Jim Younkin. Share and sample freely! Email me about this song at this email address: fluxdada-sodasong@yahoo.com.

I Bought Some Soda by Jim Younkin III (y3)


play hi-bitrate (mp3) (broadband) at MacIdol.

download hi-bitrate (856.69 KB) at MacIdol.

My other music is available on MacIdol here.

-Jim Younkin III

Lyrics: "I walked up to the Albertsons, I bought some soda and they all won. I bought some soda and they all won. Hi. I'm one of the people that figured out how to get free music at the grocery store and I'm here to say, in front of everybody, what the heck am I gonna do with all this nasty soda?"

I wanted to drop a note to let you know about my latest creation. It is a spoof on the Pepsi/iTunes commercial and how to always win at the game.

Length: 30 sec. This was written for a short film I made on how to always win a free song. You can see the video at http://homepage.mac.com/jimyounkin/iMovieTheater4. html. This song as well as the video are released under the Creative Commons License (cc)2004 Jim Younkin. Share and sample freely! Email me about this song at this email address: fluxdada-sodasong@yahoo.com.

I Bought Some Soda by Jim Younkin III (y3)


play hi-bitrate (mp3) (broadband) at MacIdol.

download hi-bitrate (856.69 KB) at MacIdol.

My other music is available on MacIdol here.

-Jim Younkin III

Lyrics: "I walked up to the Albertsons, I bought some soda and they all won. I bought some soda and they all won. Hi. I'm one of the people that figured out how to get free music at the grocery store and I'm here to say, in front of everybody, what the heck am I gonna do with all this nasty soda?"

I wanted to drop a note to let you know about my latest creation. It is a spoof on the Pepsi/iTunes commercial and how to always win at the game.

Length: 30 sec. This was written for a short film I made on how to always win a free song. You can see the video at http://homepage.mac.com/jimyounkin/iMovieTheater4. html. This song as well as the video are released under the Creative Commons License (cc)2004 Jim Younkin. Share and sample freely! Email me about this song at this email address: fluxdada-sodasong@yahoo.com.

I Bought Some Soda by Jim Younkin III (y3)


play hi-bitrate (mp3) (broadband) at MacIdol.

download hi-bitrate (856.69 KB) at MacIdol.

My other music is available on MacIdol here.

-Jim Younkin III

Lyrics: "I walked up to the Albertsons, I bought some soda and they all won. I bought some soda and they all won. Hi. I'm one of the people that figured out how to get free music at the grocery store and I'm here to say, in front of everybody, what the heck am I gonna do with all this nasty soda?"