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BBC In Trouble Over Free Music
Take a Byte Out of Crime writes "According to this article, British classical labels are claiming that the BBC giving away the these symphonies, which were performed by the BBC Orchestra for free, constitutes unfair government competition. Apparently all free music really is illegal these days, or soon will be, public domain be damned."
Who is moderating the stupid 'first post' troll as Score 5: Funny?
Does God treat us as servants or friends? Check my homepage.
Let me guess who came up with this bright idea...
Uhmmm... A LAWYER!
Face it, there are too many lawyers in the world today (especially in Europe where law is not practised by the best and brightest, but by those wanted to get a university diploma in the easiest way possible). These people need to earn money while not being able to produce anything, so they create their own work by coming up with ridiculous claims.
It's a new bubble. Lawyers create something from nothing, and will make us all rich!
But someone has to pay these lawyers to do their dirty deeds. And when their employers realise these cases are indeed ridiculous and are only costing bags of money, the bubble will burst. Just give it a while.
Ultraliberals rule supreme! The "right to make a profit" is now a fundamental right enshrined in the constitution, at a higher level that the right to speak one's mind.
We were glad when they rejected software patents, but these sorts of legal actions?
We barely had time to celebrate the softpat victory, when just 4 days later, we got bad news from Luxembourg: after heavy, government-subsided campaigning in favor of the yes, and resignation threats by the prime minister, the new EU constitution, which gives far reaching rights to corporate entities, did indeed get approved. One step forward, two steps back.