On 02/12/2013 06:40 PM, drew Roberts wrote: > On Tuesday 12 February 2013 18:27:53 Al Thompson wrote: >> On 02/12/2013 11:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> When I sold my work, I also delivered the ownership of this work. When I >>> sold a graphic, it would have been unethically for me to still own >>> nearly all rights for the usage of this graphic. >> Keep in mind that there are different meanings to "selling your work." >> Take a song, as an example. >> >> Let's say that I've recorded and released an album. >> >> Let's say that some big-name pop star buys the album. He buys it for >> $10. That gives him the right to listen to it. He can't record it >> himself. I still own all the rights to the usage of the song. > Only because the law gives you an unnatural monopoly. You can only believe that I have an "unnatural monopoly" over something I created if you actually believe that everyone has equal claims on my life/time/effort as I do. > > Somehow fashion designers manage to make what seems to be decent money > designing original fashions even where they do not get copyright protection > for their fashion designs. > > Is it that fashion designers are more astute when it comes to getting paid for > hteir creations? Are they more intelligent than songwriters? > You are falling into Kinsella's trap of believing that only hard goods have value. -- --- 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
