you are absolutely correct.
no band could possibly hope to make any money by giving away its music for free and making it back playing live shows. And having songs broadcast over FM radio without royalties being paid will destroy the music industry. Are you talking good music or the manufactured crap that comes out of most recording studios. Most commercial "art" is targeted at 18-30 yr olds, appealing to the lowest common denominators, in order to lull them into becoming mindless sheep. Think Britney Spears and the boy bands of the late 1990s. Though that's beside the point here.
The point is that Artists and Publishers (mostly Publishers) feel entitled to all the profits that they can get for their efforts. (They don't feel they get enough). Most people understand that rich people don't get income from work, but from the three R's (Rent, Royalties, and Return (on Investment)) Publishers have prospered by owning the works that they publish, and publishing their work in different formants: (Music, Album, Cassette, CD, Itunes, MP3 for example)
"Intellectual property" wouldn't be such an issue if we had not decided some time ago to regress from our industrial/manufacturing past. Our primary exports are now software, music, and movies. We (the USA) need to collect enough royalties/licensing fees to cover our energy imports in order to maintain our way of life (this is impossible btw).
Also a lot of the RIAA/MPAA types are attempting to create a "Creators Utopia" in which IP would be treated as real property with eternal ownership (perpetual copyrights, patents and trademarks) with a class of people doing nothing but collecting royalties.
Environmentalism has not caused the US economic crisis. Bad banking practice has.
Actually, The US Economic Crisis has many causes, our banking practice being one. Other causes Include:
Massive government spending on both defense and entitlements resulting in a great increase of debt as a function of GDP. (Without the necessary spending on research or infrastructure)
A declining educational system that has produced a deficit of scientists and engineers.
A short-term quick-fix mentality with our corporations, passing on long-term investments.
In addition to this, China is the most homogeneous country in the world. Almost all of its population are Han in race. Many of them look down on white Americans like white Americans used to (and some still) do Africans. They see European culture as inferior, European language unrefined, and Christianity and Judaism infinitely superstitious.
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I guess President Brown et cronies won't be chipping in either, as the excellent Bletchley Park Museum is a reminder of the miracles performed there during the war to defend the freedoms they're now systematically stomping all over.
I think it is not suprising that as we descend into fascism, that the symbols of freedom are decaying.
IANAL, but could what the RIAA be engaged in constitute extortion? I.E. You settle this civil lawsuit, and we won't get the government to prosecute you.
Most standard Bodies now simply rubber stamp whatever corporation owns the government(s) that sanction the bodies. Think what Microsoft is doing with OOXML, they are bribing government officials in key countries to force this standard on the industry and shut down ODF. Once they do that, they will declare that only Microsoft Office(tm) can satisfy the standard.
Don't forget the AA's a 1 gig line to every home, and almost everyone would get their music/video through the internet. And without strong enforcement, p2p piracy would dominate.
That may be the big holdup, the telcos are not going to update the infrastructure until we can enforce things like the DMCA and put anyone who does not recognize "Intellectual Property" as real property in prison.
Hopefully the next administration will listen to people like Laurence Lessig ) and Richard Stallman
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"Intellectual property" wouldn't be such an issue if we had not decided some time ago to regress from our industrial/manufacturing past. Our primary exports are now software, music, and movies. We (the USA) need to collect enough royalties/licensing fees to cover our energy imports in order to maintain our way of life (this is impossible btw). Also a lot of the RIAA/MPAA types are attempting to create a "Creators Utopia" in which IP would be treated as real property with eternal ownership (perpetual copyrights, patents and trademarks) with a class of people doing nothing but collecting royalties.
Environmentalism has not caused the US economic crisis. Bad banking practice has.
Actually, The US Economic Crisis has many causes, our banking practice being one. Other causes Include:In addition to this, China is the most homogeneous country in the world. Almost all of its population are Han in race. Many of them look down on white Americans like white Americans used to (and some still) do Africans. They see European culture as inferior, European language unrefined, and Christianity and Judaism infinitely superstitious.
It would be good if some in our congress or even presidential advisers would read it (oops that would conflict with their world view)
That makes it easier for them to "stamp out" fair use. It's another example or corporations flexing their muscle in our new fascist society.
IANAL, but could what the RIAA be engaged in constitute extortion? I.E. You settle this civil lawsuit, and we won't get the government to prosecute you.
Most standard Bodies now simply rubber stamp whatever corporation owns the government(s) that sanction the bodies. Think what Microsoft is doing with OOXML, they are bribing government officials in key countries to force this standard on the industry and shut down ODF. Once they do that, they will declare that only Microsoft Office(tm) can satisfy the standard.
Don't forget the AA's a 1 gig line to every home, and almost everyone would get their music/video through the internet. And without strong enforcement, p2p piracy would dominate. That may be the big holdup, the telcos are not going to update the infrastructure until we can enforce things like the DMCA and put anyone who does not recognize "Intellectual Property" as real property in prison. Hopefully the next administration will listen to people like Laurence Lessig ) and Richard Stallman
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