That'd be fantastic. I've seen the Lowery piece passed around by a few bands I like and have a lot of respect for, and don't really have the bandwidth atm to craft a pithy response. -a
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Jennifer Baek <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea of a response fashioned like the one theoatmeal did. Maybe > we can do both a visual piece as well as a written piece? > > I'm on board to help out with both in collaboration with > Questioncopyright. I'm in DC for the summer with too much free time. :> > > Jennifer > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Karl Fogel <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> FWIW, we've just been discussing over at QuestionCopyright.org whether >> to do a length rebuttal of David Lowery's open letter [1]. >> >> While it would take a while to construct a good response [2], on the >> other hand a good one would likely get some eyeballs -- including some >> of the people who saw the original. So it's a great opportunity. >> >> If anyone here is drafting such a beast, please let us know, here or via >> http://questioncopyright.org/contact. A truly well-done rebuttal is >> something we'd love to run; we've just got other stuff in the pipeline >> right now that makes it hard to draft a response to this too (lesson #1: >> number of opportunities will always exceed available resources :-) ). >> >> I saw http://piratepad.net/KY6e7xIdkm which is a good brainstorm of >> ideas, but not, of course, a finished piece. >> >> -Karl >> >> [1] >> http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/letter-to-emily-white-at- >> npr-all-songs-considered/<http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/letter-to-emily-white-at-npr-all-songs-considered/> >> >> [2] http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response is one rather nice example >> of how to do such rebuttals :-). >> >> Nate Otto <[email protected]> writes: >> >I love how the " the duration of the copyright term is pretty much >> >irrelevant for an ethical discussion." is so casually slipped in >> >there. >> > >> >The main thrust of what I've read so far is that it is not government's >> >responsibility to ensure that artists are fairly compensated. Except >> >that it is explicitly Congress's job to "promote the progress of >> >science and the useful arts" through arranging the underlying >> >principles of the marketplace. >> > >> >Governments so far have set up a metaphor of intellectual property to >> >guide this marketplace, and this article is fully grounded in that >> >tradition. I think there are problems with that metaphor that are >> >brought to our attention by what digital technology makes possible. >> > >> >In giving advice to people who want to work in the music industry, I >> >would point to reports like "The Sky is Rising" that Ali linked to and >> >encourage people to embrace the possibilities of business models not >> >built on the artificial scarcity of digital objects. It is not moral >> >to create scarcity out of abundance for the cause of rent seeking. >> > >> >This all might not be relevant to SFC's response to the piece, but I >> >completely agree that this is a moral discussion. >> > >> >But not all moral premises are valid. When budgeting morally, what >> >percent of income does a generation in an average of $25k of debt have >> >to spend on CDs? As much as their parents could spend? >> > >> >Anyway, there is a moral discussion to be had, but it does not start >> >from accepting every metaphor that guided the music business before it >> >became possible to distribute all music to everyone who wanted it >> >without additional costs. >> > >> >I may have more to add in a day or two, the next time I come up for >> >air. >> > >> >-Nate >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Discuss mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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