You make some very fair an valid points. My only concern is that the idea of music "ownership" will be lost. I make music as a creative expression and although like-minded people can share that expression of emotions and ideas for me, it is a very personal thing and I just can't invisage sharing that experience.
Again, sorry if I sounded like an ass in my previous post, I guess the idea just got me a bit riled!
There is some very good stuff coming out of some of those sites you posted links to and I never intended to undermine their work in the slightest
I don't mean to sound like an ass but as a musician why the hell should I give-up my creative secrets so that someone else can use them? Is there really any logical reason as to why music should be open source and why I shouldn't make money off my hard work. What the hell is the point anyway, the whole idea behind open source software is so that if a coder missed a bug or a feature wasn't included (and that the community wants) it can be fixed or included
THIS COULD NOT WORK WITH MUSIC by it's very definition music is done when it's done.
Still doesn't excuse anti-american policies of the EC if it was 2 big US companies you can guarantee there would have been some sort of fine or restriction imposed on them.
The EC are just restricting free-trade with Microsoft because they just hate to see American companies doing so well. It's not about the software being flawed (everyone who uses Windows knows it needs improving and is as stable as a week-old Giraffe) but Bill Gates is the most successful businessman in history. The EC and most elitist europeans hate that.
Now, I'm no Microsoft advocate but it does seem a little odd to me that the same organization that ORDERED Microsoft to produce a version of Windows minus IE and fined them for market monopoly has just approved the merger of the two biggest music companies in the world?
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Again, sorry if I sounded like an ass in my previous post, I guess the idea just got me a bit riled!
There is some very good stuff coming out of some of those sites you posted links to and I never intended to undermine their work in the slightest
THIS COULD NOT WORK WITH MUSIC by it's very definition music is done when it's done.
The EC are just restricting free-trade with Microsoft because they just hate to see American companies doing so well. It's not about the software being flawed (everyone who uses Windows knows it needs improving and is as stable as a week-old Giraffe) but Bill Gates is the most successful businessman in history. The EC and most elitist europeans hate that.
This just seems a little disingenuous to me.