On 02/12/2013 06:35 PM, drew Roberts wrote: > Untrue. > 1. He gets a copyright whether he wants one or not. He is forced to have one > and he must make an effort to counteract this. > > If copyright only existed when applied for and registered, it would not be > nearly as nasty. > Well, due to the Hague Convention in the 80's, that is rather true, although a composer can release under alternate licenses (or into the public domain. Also, if the composer is the "publisher," he can simply not enforce his copyright. >> It's not too unlike a guy who pays for materials and training, and then >> builds a house. In deciding what to do with his house, he can: >> >> 1) charge people $500/month to live in it >> 2) let people live in it for free >> 3) tell people that they can live in it and give him some money if they >> want to and can afford it > It is completely different. You want the person to be able to prevent another > person from buying his own materials and piece of land and build a copy of > the the house. I never claimed that the house was a unique design. I merely state that "the house" is a result of the owner investing time and material into creating it. It is "his" house. He owns it, and it is within his rights to completely control it's use. -- --- 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
