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Brazilian Pop Music Scene Thrives on Piracy
langelgjm writes "When people talk about the failing business model of the traditional record company, they often only offer vague suggestions as to how things would work otherwise. But a concrete example of a music scene that thrives on piracy is to be found in Brazil, in the form of tecnobrega. From the article: 'While piracy is the bane of many musicians trying to control the sale of their songs, tecnobrega artists see counterfeiters as key to their success ... Ronaldo Lemos, a law professor at Brazil's respected Getulio Vargas Foundation, an elite Rio de Janeiro think tank and research center, says tecnobrega and other movements like it represent a new business model for the digital era, where music is transformed from a good to a service.'"
now now, there's no need for insu- , wait, my pirated copy of xp just froze up. give me a second.
To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were capable of staying awake long enough.
Laws have never struck me as democratic. I don't remember ever voting for the DMCA.
Curiosity was framed, Ignorance killed the cat.
King Copyright: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Copyright: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Copyright: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Copyright, was to carry the DMCA. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' laws is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
See that's a common misconception. Actually Bach pioneered the micropayment financial system when he used Germany's ubiquitous surveillance to monitor and debit 5 pfennig from the bank account anyone caught humming any portion of "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
they'd just make sure that anything sold at their concerts had their logo on it.
Even the Blotters ?!?
music lover since 1969
Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity
URL: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=337017&cid=21086931
CASE #: [snip]
23 October 2007
Dear Slashdot,
This letter serves as notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act, 17 U.S.C. 512, or equivalent notice provisions of your local law,
that content currently residing within your computer system infringes on the
copyrights of the BBC Corporation. I am
authorized to act on behalf of the BBC in this matter.
The infringing material residing on your system is the comedy sketch from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This comedy skit is,
copyrighted by and proprietary to the BBC, is on your system at the
following location:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=337017&cid=21086931
Posting of BBC's comedy lines as described above is not authorized by
the BBC, any of its agents, or by law. Pursuant to this notification, you
should immediately take steps to locate and remove and/or disable access to
the BBC comedy that is on your system at the web address detailed
above. As a service provider, you may otherwise be liable for copyright
infringement if, upon obtaining knowledge or awareness of infringing
material being stored upon your network, you do not act expeditiously to
remove, or disable access to, the material. 17 U.S.C. 512(c).
The information in this notification is inaccurate. I swear under penalty of
perjury that I am not authorized to act on behalf of the BBC in regard to its
exclusive rights in the work(s) identified above that I believe has been and
continues to be infringed as described above.
We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take
expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described
above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of this
idea via your company's network.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us regarding
what actions you take.
Yours sincerely,
Detective asshole,
Internet Investigator
It's never been easier to produce music in the comfort of your own home
Really? You can seat a 40-piece orchestra in your home? You can shoot a mountaineering scene for a complex film in your home? You set up a grand piano and a choir in your home? No wonder you don't care that it costs money up front to prepare films and recordings as parts of large projects - you're obviously already very wealthy.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.