On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 05:08:34PM -0800, Stewart Stremler wrote: > Erm... Do you know what a slush pile is?
no > > As long as there is demand for creative works people will be motivated > > to give something to keep the creators creating....e.g. if they don't then > > their favorite rock band won't be able to make a new album for 'em etc. > > Really? > > /me looks at all the people who pirate huge amounts of music without > guilt or remorse. > > I ain't buyin'. Yes new way would mean not everyone would contribute evenly. From your 'pirating' example it appears the current copyright system is not working very well either. I shudder at what it would mean in order to make copyright system work for digital music.....TC, DRM, DMCA, on and on. Sometimes the 'cure' is worse than the disease. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
