On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:28 PM, drew Roberts <zotz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So, you think that the before and at options are not viable? i don't believe that the before or at options are viable for the overwhelming majority of artists & creatives. i think that "before/at" can probably work for programmers working on contract work. >> i'm fine (to some extent) with the conclusion that we, as a society, >> no longer wish to pay artists & creatives to do what they do. but if >> that's really going to be the conclusion, we'd better think very >> carefully about all the side effects. i'm not sure its pretty, and it >> may be even less pretty than the world in which disney and sonny bono >> get everything they ask for. > > This I seriously doubt. Putting someone off the internet for *being accused* > of violating copyright three times is way over the top. its certainly awful, as are your other examples. on the other hand, i'm not sure quite how the mixture of easy distribution via the net but almost no paid compensation for most artistic work would compare the situation we've had for on the order of 100 years, in which it was feasible for quite a lot of artists to make a living by being artists. and i don't mean this as a snide rhetorical remark - i mean that i really don't know. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
