On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 11:46 -0500, Al Thompson wrote: > On 02/13/2013 04:35 AM, Louigi Verona wrote: > > True. You are not forcing anyone. However, when you release > > something into the public, copyright sort of makes everyone agree > > to the contract with you even if they don't want it. > > How you can hear something or see something even if you did not > > aim to do that, I listed in my response to Michael above. > > > > Kinsella has a whole chapter about copyright as a contract. > > > > To make clear, I am NOT against contracts. If you give me a book > > under a contract, it is morally correct to abide by the contract. > > Question is, can this duplicate a sort of copyright regime? Kinsella > > argues that no. I argue the same. It is practically almost impossible. > > One person violates the contract and the closed club of > > contract agreements is compromised. > > So, when you need more money, do you fire up your color copier and run > some off?? > > You have not agreed to a contract to not do so have you. What is > different? The money may not be "copyrighted" in the same sense as "a > song," but the principle is the same, according to your logic. In German I often say something similar to: I don't like laws, they are useless and only protect the evil, but something like the road traffic act are commandments of sanity. I can't formulate it very good in English, but perhaps you can imagine what I try to say. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
