There are 2 extremely important points and 1 mistake made here, in my view.
Important point 1 (I am slightly shifting it): Copyright law must be rewritten, because it strangles not music only, but culture in general terms.
Important point 2 (well, I am shifting this, as well): no monopoly is good.
The mistake: nobody can push against copyright nowadays, simply because it is supported by the majority of general public, including artists and scientists.
Well, the author says nothing against copyright itself, but hints that current law is not good. This would be another mistake derived from the mentioned one.
The very idea of copyright is wrong. It was introduced in the XVII century for one reason only: to make life easier for big publishers and so it goes, despite all rhetoric involved.
Due to very nature of the culture, that copyright, and, generally, Intellectual Property, aimed to regulate, its restrictive consequences harm culture itself, freedom of speech and press, education, technology, you name it. It looks like IP becomes a global deadly sickness of contemporary society.
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There are 2 extremely important points and 1 mistake made here, in my view. Important point 1 (I am slightly shifting it): Copyright law must be rewritten, because it strangles not music only, but culture in general terms. Important point 2 (well, I am shifting this, as well): no monopoly is good. The mistake: nobody can push against copyright nowadays, simply because it is supported by the majority of general public, including artists and scientists. Well, the author says nothing against copyright itself, but hints that current law is not good. This would be another mistake derived from the mentioned one. The very idea of copyright is wrong. It was introduced in the XVII century for one reason only: to make life easier for big publishers and so it goes, despite all rhetoric involved. Due to very nature of the culture, that copyright, and, generally, Intellectual Property, aimed to regulate, its restrictive consequences harm culture itself, freedom of speech and press, education, technology, you name it. It looks like IP becomes a global deadly sickness of contemporary society.