I disagree. I think his statement highlights some of the major power imbalances between labels and artists in the industry. It's true that bands did choose to sign contracts to sign away their rights to labels, but hopefully statements like these will raise consciousness among musicians that signing away their copyright *isn't* the way to go.
(And in this case, Reznor couldn't use a CC license if he wanted to, since the label controls the rights. But yes, someone should get in touch w/ him about using CC for his future work...) On Nov 12, 2007 6:21 PM, Mike Linksvayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 08:07 +0900, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Elizabeth Stark wrote: > > > > > How would people feel if a band said "share our music" even though > they > > > didn't have the legal right to do so (i.e. the label holds the > copyright)? > > > > For example, Trent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails said this: > > > > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/1948238 > > > > It puts people like me into a very strange spot. > > If you think about it for a second, the only person in a strange spot is > Reznor, who is being completely disrespectful of > > his fans -- encouraging them to do something which could put them in > trouble > > the law -- he doesn't even bother to say "share", just "steal", which is > corrosive > > his former financiers (label) > > > It's great to occasionally say f the man, but this is the retarded sort > that equates blowing up one's own neighborhood with justice. The tools > (CC) are there: use 'em, stick with the old model, or be a disrespectful > jerk. Too bad Reznor (and many others) have chosen the third. > Hopefully he just doesn't know about CC yet. :) > > -- > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/User:Mike_Linksvayer > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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