On 02/11/2013 09:58 AM, drew Roberts wrote: > > See, your first mistake is to describe the person as a property owner without > qualifications. > > Second, I do not speak of private, contracted "showings" but rather of > publication. > I am also talking about "published works." I guess the first question I would ask you, is "do you believe that a person has a right to profit from his efforts?" > The draconian situation we have today is still not good enough to protect the > works of the big copyright holders to their satisfaction. Open your eyes and > look at they laws they are asking for and often getting. Many of the laws that are on the books, are not directly a result of "copyright law" necessarily, but rather from backroom deals, lobbying (i.e. - bribes), and other compromises. Don't confuse the RIAA with "copyright owners." > So, you are whistling a new tune in your room with the windows open. Jack is > walking by and hears some of it. It is catchy and he starts to whistle it as > he walks along. John standing at the bus stop a few blocks away hears it as > Jack passes. He too starts whistling the melody. He gets on the bus > whistling. All of the bus riders hear at. When they get off the bus at their > various stops they whistle it. Etc. In the absence of copyright law, do you > really think you have some power or right to prevent this situation? Some > right to be compensated by all of these people whistling without your > permission? > > Oh, and by the way, to my ignorant understanding, if you hadn't yet written > down what you were whistling when Jack heard, you don't get to copyright it. > Oops. (I say ignorant as it may only happen if you perform it in public > first. Etc.) You don't have to "write it down," in the literal sense. But being in a fixed form of some sort is required, as is "publication." -- --- 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
