On Saturday 12 August 2006 11:26 pm, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > I believe its' a personal choice that a digital musician makes to > incorporate legally or illegally any influence they feel intrinsic to > the nature of their artwork. Of course it's a personal choice. Just as it's my a personal choice to sue your ass for stealing _my_ music. > If we as artists are going to be held back by the rules that the > industry has created to monetize art then we might as well go and jump > off a tall building now. Yeah - just like the industry created rules to prevent people from tresspassing on private property - those fascists! Hey, I like where you've built your house, and I'm going to build a garage on your front lawn - industry be damned! > If I was the owner of a piece of work that was ripped off and also made > a lot of money I would be calling my lawyers to get my fair share. In > that case I would be fairly happy that someone else had made more money > for me without much further effort on my behalf and I'm sure my lawyer > would be happy too. And now we hear the truth. I can steal from you, but don't you steal from me? I'll chase you down. Come on... Greg
