On 02/10/2013 10:22 AM, drew Roberts wrote: > > You are not stealing anything from the creator. They had that control before > they showed the work to anyone. Once they put it out in the public realm, > they gave up that ability. Copyright law tries to pretend that they have such > control still and provides penalties (and in my mind, way out of proportion > penalties) for excercising what we would otherwise be free to do in the > natural world, but nothing is stolen from anyone in this situation. Unless > perhaps copyright law steals our Freedom? Is it your contention that a property owner gives up all rights to his own property once he lets someone else see or hear it?? I think you are missing the point of a copyright. An owner doesn't give up his rights to his property unless he releases it into the public domain. Even if he agrees to license it for sale or use, he still retains his rights to distribution or use. If, for example, someone wants to license his song to use for a commercial, he can say no. If someone wants to record a song he has written, the owner can either say no, or else be compensated by a licensing fee. If a band member writes a song for his band, he will receive royalties for the use of that song. I'm a proponent of releasing music under alternative terms, but that should be up to the owner, not the consumer. After all, to most consumers, they would obviously prefer that EVERYTHING be free. -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
