Fond memories of various land clearances (making poor people homeless so you can raise sheep for more money) and a vague association with various forms of colonial exploitation! Whee! I want one!
Don't worry about the music "industry". Pop music is a folk art. It can be created by anyone and doesn't require musical education or talent. It is important as a record and expression of our society, but is hardy enough that it does not need the protection of intellectual property laws designed to promote a furthering of the human spirit through great art. The industry is a farce, and has coasted on inefficient markets and distribution methods for the past ninety years. Now those distribution methods have improved, the means of production have spread to anybody with a Mac mini, and those who have been riding the gravy train are scrambling to protect what they can as the whole thing crumbles around them. There is no need to feel guilt. While the laws exist in current form, there is a need to obey them, but there is also a duty to change them so that they protect the things we truly value.
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Fond memories of various land clearances (making poor people homeless so you can raise sheep for more money) and a vague association with various forms of colonial exploitation! Whee! I want one!
Let's mess with one of the objects closest to Earth. Murphy's Law is itching for a new corollary.
T3
Don't worry about the music "industry". Pop music is a folk art. It can be created by anyone and doesn't require musical education or talent. It is important as a record and expression of our society, but is hardy enough that it does not need the protection of intellectual property laws designed to promote a furthering of the human spirit through great art. The industry is a farce, and has coasted on inefficient markets and distribution methods for the past ninety years. Now those distribution methods have improved, the means of production have spread to anybody with a Mac mini, and those who have been riding the gravy train are scrambling to protect what they can as the whole thing crumbles around them. There is no need to feel guilt. While the laws exist in current form, there is a need to obey them, but there is also a duty to change them so that they protect the things we truly value.