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A Composer's-Eye View of the Copyright Wars
bonch writes "As an experiment, composer Jason Robert Brown logged onto a site illegally offering his sheet music for download and contacted hundreds of users, politely asking them to stop listing the material. Most complied, some were confused, and a few fought back. Brown chronicles a lengthy exchange he had with a teenage girl named Brenna, which provides an interesting insight into the artists' perspective of the copyright debate. He also responds to several points raised in comments to the article and says, 'I don't wish to be the enemy; I'm just a guy trying to make a living.'"
It's share. And we have that right, should we decide to enforce it. Or we can placidly give it up, like so many of our other rights.
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
If you get the work for free from someone else, how does the person who created the work get what he needs? Or, is it fuck the guy that actually did the work because you have a copy and your friend has his copy?
This guy makes his money selling copies of his work. He makes a copy and sells it to your friend. Your friend makes a copy and sells it to you. The person that actually did the work now makes no money off of the copy you have. The money he has made from the existent copies of his work is now half of what it was before your friend made you a copy. Then, you make a copy and give it to someone. Now, his profit is cut to a third.
Get it now?
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
But I NEVER EVER see an illegal down-loader address that. They ALWAYS say they are not taking anything from the owner because its electronic.
Um, buckwheet. It took work to produce the electronic file.
Truthfully, I think we should adopt ancient ways to punish people like you. http://www.milism.net/romanarmy.htm
Common criminals, such as thieves, were stoned. The wronged population exacted revenge.
http://www.historicallocks.com/en/site/hl/Articles/Theft-and-punishment/
In the Middle Ages, fines were the most common punishment for theft, and one that was not considered dishonorable. More severe cases could be punishable by flogging, the cutting off of one or both ears or a hand, or death by hanging. Even the loss of an ear made the perpetrator’s shame permanently visible.
Flogging is a good punishment for thieves.
I have been robbed, so people like you do not think my opinion counts.
I have had scum bags take my work to further their own carrier, or at least tried to. No difference then what you are doing.
You download without paying, your a thief. Harsher punishment should be applied. I was looking for an example of disfigurement. Ie, cut your fucking balls off you mother fucker for taking something that wasn't yours.
Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Time
You are actually right John. But I just can't help it. My friend, this things are related. Christianity is the depraved child of the most corrupt and perverted end of the Roman empire. That very concept shaped the modern occidental society. This concepts are truly christian concepts. Modern capitalism in itself is a christian idea. That's why those that understood everything that was wrong with Capitalism, like Marx and Engels did, understood that god was nothing but tool of oppression.
Anyway, I understand your point, and I certainly try to avoid anti-religious references when dealing with other subjects, but the sole mention of the catholic church causes me to rage and go into a blasphemous rant.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
" 'I don't wish to be the enemy; I'm just a guy trying to make a living.'" Well, then go perform your music and be paid for it.
I'm so tired of this tired old intellectual property horseshit keeping musicians from making a living. If you want to make a living making music go f**king make it. That's how you get paid without getting screwed out of your music by a middle man. Go damn perform at a paid damn gig. Give away your music if you want it heard, those are the people who will end up paying to see you..
You don't need the services of the industry any more than you need the services of a colonoscopist. Take your promotion into your own hands. Screw the Industry, work your own goods on the market.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
Take the 'love-wave' down to your local mega mart and try and buy next weeks groceries. Then get back to us.
Not only anecdotal - but hypocritical. You want the right to make the choice between giving your work away for free or to charge for it - but you want to force him into giving his work away for free.
Thank you.
The rest of the dipshits here have their head too far up their asses to use any form of logic, which, if they had, they would have come to the same conclusion that you just did.
Fuck this idiotic slashdot 2.0 shit.
I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable