On Apr 3, 2005 1:04 PM, Wolfgang Woehl <tito@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > MarC <marc_contrib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > I raise this issue because I'm starting a musical project and I would > > like to never release any work that could end like > > http://www.lokitorrent.com/ when the people shares it, I would like > > to use other musicians works (and I can't afford to pay them for such > > work now) and I would finally like to win fairly some money making > > good music (without this money I will never be able to buy decent > > instruments) > > > > is it an utopia? > > Marc, I'm flabbergasted. This is 2005. There's no way you could prevent > people from copying or sharing things in the digital domain. DRM is a > joke. The industry that promotes it is a joke. The business model is > gone, don't you know that? > > How can anyone *own* music? How did Bach do it? How did Capitol Records > do it? The only way to make that claim to some extent real were > technical limitations -- and those are gone for good. > > Coming up with something like G-C-E7 is a complex process, sure ;) Hell, > make it Bbmaj9-Gm7-F/C-C-D/C. But do you really intend to say this is > yours? That you invented this, put it into the world, out of the blue? > Isolated from everything you've ever heard or experienced in your life? > Originality someone? What is that? > > Share your stuff and you will get back more than you ever dreamed of. To > make money it is, in my experience, fairly promising to put your > family's estate to sensible use or, in the lack of an estate, work. The > clownesque, inspired, spiritual, grotesque, old-fashioned, great field > of making music will probably get you all *but* money. > > I'm a bit ashamed to see that all this sounds quite patronizing. Excuse > me, Marc. This a patronizing day and it transfers. > > Wolfgang > I would like to share my "work" like GPL does it : You use it then you have to go GPL as well;) >
