On Thursday 01 July 2010 11:25:47 nepal wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:45:18 -0400 > > Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:15 AM, nepal > > > > <nepal.roade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Actually my view is very simple on this. You have rights and > > > ownership of everything you bring into the world when you are born. > > > Everything else if provided by Nature for ALL living creatures of > > > which Man is only 1. > > > > I'm listening to "Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ" by > > Steve Reich. As far as I know, he wasn't born with this piece, and I'm > > unsure which part of Nature provided it. > > Then you have no idea what Nature is or you are just being facetious. I think this may actually be a language problem. "Actually my view is very simple on this. You have rights and ownership of everything you bring into the world when you are born." Do you mean to say that you have rights and ownership over what you come into the world with when you are born? Do you mean to say that you have rights and ownership over what you bring into the world from the day you are born? > > [sarcasm] I agree with you. I've just thought up (as in received a > thought of) a new word that all of society will be unable to help > themselves from using and I'm getting a patent put on it so I can > collect royalties. [/sarcasm] > > > Some complex interplay > > between what he was born with, his travels, his education, his family > > and friends, even the musicians he played with regularly, created this > > music. Who has the right to control its expression? Nobody? Just > > Steve? Steve for 10 years? Do we put it to a referendum? > > This is the classic where people usually scream "don't throw the > baby out with the bathwater". Too bad! > > When things change, those that disagree will be resistant. those that > don't won't. None of any example you can think up will change the > fundamental flaw already stated. > > p.s. I have an answer to your question above, and it is not any of > the choices you provide. > > nepal. all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
