Well, that settles it then
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Anonymous Coward
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Now that we've got the opinion of a semi-famous author of the written word on the sharing of music files, that should pretty much close the discussion right there.
Now if we could only get Gary Coleman's take on this whole SCO thing...
Re:Well, that settles it then
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ArekRashan
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If you'd paid attention, you'd have noticed that he talked about 'work for hire'. The fact that recording artists must bear the costs of recording and thus creating their product is precisely why it should not be considered work for hire. In this light, the standard arrangement of transferring copyright of the material to the record label seems extremely unethical. You have better things to do than quibble about statistics, and you haven't seen part two yet, so shush.
By the way, Children of the Mind sucked ass. Big hairy donkey ass. I'd rather have a Tabasco enema than read it again. Mod this up so Card sees it.
Card, Children of the Mind was a piece of crap.
That having been said, Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon were pretty good.
Is this the same guy writing for a sci-fi action game for the XBox? (Sorry, forgot the name, but it was a big article in Game Informer a few issues back.)
How about instead I produce a compendium of all his books and give it away, widely, to anybody who might want a copy?
Yeah! You could do it for other authors too. You could keep all the books in a central building, and people could get some kind of "card" that would allow them access to the books in your building, and then they could take them if they wanted, without even paying!
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Re:best quote from the article
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kfg
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"I'm no grammar nazi but aren't you not suppose to start sentences with "And"?"
Suddenly I'm filled with all sorts of chocolately goodness...recording artists coming out and saying that maybe suing your customers might not be the best idea to get customer loyalty.
Double wow. I never knew Mr. Card was a recording artist. (/me alt-tabs to kazaa...)
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German Fun Punk Band "Die Aerzte" ...
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did get the idea too it seems. Their new CD will be released without copy protection. From a recent TV-interview (translation mine):
Interviewer: You new CD is released without copy protection... Farin Urlaub: Yes, we though we could release the copy protection seperately and cash in twice...
Really, I assumed they just got stoned. Very thoroughly stoned.
Re:I'd only point out that. . .
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Funny, I'd always thought that they extended copyright past death a few years to keep people who wanted a song to go public domain from assassinating the artist.
But maybe that's just me.
Re:best quote from the article
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I'm no grammar nazi but aren't you not suppose to start sentences with "And"?
Yes, you're right. And since you're such the expert, how many novels have you written and published?
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Now that we've got the opinion of a semi-famous author of the written word on the sharing of music files, that should pretty much close the discussion right there.
Now if we could only get Gary Coleman's take on this whole SCO thing...
What? I'm still waiting for the ogg-vorbis overlords.
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bash: fortune: command not found
Is this the same guy writing for a sci-fi action game for the XBox? (Sorry, forgot the name, but it was a big article in Game Informer a few issues back.)
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So would he mind if I pirated his e-books, then?
Slashdot: come for the pedantry, stay for the condescension.
"I'm no grammar nazi but aren't you not suppose to start sentences with "And"?"
And your point is. . . ?
KFG
He said:
Tune in next week for part 2
I bet next week is going to be an even more scathing commentary.
Suddenly I'm filled with all sorts of chocolately goodness...recording artists coming out and saying that maybe suing your customers might not be the best idea to get customer loyalty.
did get the idea too it seems. Their new CD will be released without copy protection. From a recent TV-interview (translation mine):
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Interviewer: You new CD is released without copy protection
Farin Urlaub: Yes, we though we could release the copy protection seperately and cash in twice
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(Sorry for getting a bit OT.)
Really, I assumed they just got stoned. Very thoroughly stoned.
Funny, I'd always thought that they extended copyright past death a few years to keep people who wanted a song to go public domain from assassinating the artist.
But maybe that's just me.
Yes, you're right. And since you're such the expert, how many novels have you written and published?
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
Theft? Where?!
Oh, you mean all those zeroes and ones on my computer that coalesce to form John Farnham mp3s??
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