jackaninny Wrote: > would it be fair and economically feasible if that salesperson received > a commission on the sales that his customers made? if he then got those > commissions for almost 100 years AFTER he died? even if he left the > company and another saleperson took over his accounts and managed them? > what if the customers had to get written permission from the salesperson > before any and all new transactions? i will leave the multiple examples > of riaa/consumer lawsuits and the saleperson analogy to your > imagination. > > 1) copyright law is broken almost entirely and we are in danger of > watching our culture stagnate and we have handed the future over to > corporate america to dictate what, when, where and how long we can > enjoy a work. for evidence see drm, hdcp, hd-dvd, pvp-opm, etc etc. > > 2) we have, and are, creating an environment where EVERYONE is in > perpetual violation of copyright law - ask the russians how they felt > under the soviet regime. > > i am also pro-artist but i also believe that many of them are complicit > in the destruction of public rights. i also believe many of them are > living in a fantasy world if they think they can extract the same > profits margins as the greater world market opens up. don't expect a > household in china to pay $15 bucks for a cd. when major labels start > installing hidden software on my personal computer and that software > makes my personal systems vulnerable in terms of stability and security > well they can just go pound sand. the marketplace has made it quite > obvious how they want their music and the industry has stalled and told > us how wrong we are and then started to make us into criminals. how > sorry do i feel for an artist who signed a contract with the likes of > these corporations? no not very sorry. it seems many artists and > companies have been able to make some money by actually addressing > consumer wants without making them into criminals. see mangatunes, > pandora, and cdbaby for a few examples of proconsumer and proartist > policies. > > i guess my point is that if you decide to make me into a criminal by > asserting my personal rights don't be surprised if my perceived value > of your work is diminished. we've seen where this cycle has led so far > - will the artists rise up and change the future?
Hi jackaninny, I realize a analogy needs some work but it was the best I could do on short notice :-) Believe me, I do a gree with many of your points. Unfortunately teh artists in order to be sucessfull in the music profession have to sign with the music moguels. I make no excuses for these guys. Unfortunately for all of us, they run the world of music as we know it. On the other hand, I've not convinced myself that another persons creativity and work should ever be 'public domain' even after they are dead and gone. I'm conflicted about that one especially if that artist has heirs. Now, if there is no heir-aparent this now becomes a slightly different issue. Should the company get paid for ditribution, marketing and manufacturing rights. I think so. Should they recieve 'royalties' for a dead artist because they were the last to sign him or her? No, but that is best left for a class action lawsuit. The last thing I want is to live in fear of being sued by the music companies. Just take a look at the whole DRM and rootkit debacle. Personally, I think the execs that came up with that little piece of artwork should be staked on a fire ant hill and have their fingernails pulled out with pliers then clensed with rubbing alcohol (the world is lucky I'm not in charge cuz things would change in a hurry). I don't have a clue what the solution to this mess is. I guess time will tell. Tell you what though, after thinking about this thread and the sources I used for my information and seeing some of the other sources named (as in ROMS), I'm going to do some more research. I want to know if AllofMP3 is actually paying royalties back to the artists or not. I don't particularly care if the record companies are getting stiffed (which is sort of ironic given my viament position defending the artists) but I'd like to know that too. If the royalties are being paid, I suspect the artist is being shorted because of the reduced revenue (read = music company is taking reduced portion and giving the artist the leftovers). This should make for a decent article at ETM -IF- I can get people from the RIAA, IFPI and ROMS (assuming they have an interpreter) and any other organization involved to talk about the issue. I'll even give a couple of the major performers a call too and get their take on the situation. Like everybody else here, I don't like paying $15 for a CD, especially when it only has a few good songs. I'd certainly like to use AllofMP3 because its cheap but I've refrained because of ongoing litigation. Imagine these headlines 'Audio Industry Professional Being Sued for Illegally Downloading Music'. Geez, I'd end up being the poster child for the RIAA. This may take a few weeks to put together but I'll do my best to get to the bottom of it. -- Scott F. ===================== Regards, Scott F. EnjoyTheMusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott F.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2554 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
