willyhoops;199390 Wrote: > > However the world would not work if copyright lost meaning generally. I > don't think there are many people who seriously think that should be the > case (if it was, China would mass produce everything anyone else in the > world invented, and pay them nothing for it, and the US economy would > collapse overnight), and just because we like free music doesn't mean > it should be an exception.
China is already doing that: http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1678 no signs of collapse yet... As for completely eliminating copyright of all kinds, that's probably too radical, although the idea should not be discarded lightly. Thomas Jefferson advocated it, because he believed monopolies of any kind were dangerous. But eliminating music copyrights only would not have a drastic effect. The fact is we're getting close to that anyway, and new business opportunities are replacing the old. So far, the changes are positive - independent artists are flourishing, live music is booming (at least here in NYC), recorded music is far more accessible than it ever has been through services like Pandora and devices such as the SB - what exactly is the problem? -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
