On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:27:50PM -0800, Tracy R Reed wrote: > I am concerned that since > we have always had copyright protection we may think we are entitled to > it regardless of whether it is good for progress or not.
Very observant point! Do we do things only because we've always done that? :) > You make it sound like he would invest all that money even if there were > no copyright and the poor guy would be ripped off. If there were no > copyright he wouldn't invest so much money unless he had some other plan > to recoup it so it would work out. Exactly. As I said in last email, I'm suspicious what this million is really going for. > Perhaps we should leave the > multi-million dollar productions to people who can afford to spend that > kind of money on "art" while the other artists without patrons or wealth > do it for the love of art and produce things within their means? We > might even get better quality if there weren't so much money behind it. > I'm not nearly as interested in going to the movie theater anymore > because I am now thoroughly numb to the marketing and special effects > with the latest expensive "blockbuster" production. Amen brother! I personally am fed up with multi-million dollar productions with poll driven happy endings, computer generated explosions and obligatory cheap sex scenes. I would much rather see an independent movie by someone with some talent and a real message. When I hear about big movie budgets I don't get impressed anymore, rather, I'm starting to get turned off. > I should attend more live theater and concerts. That is something > artists can always get paid for, copyright or no. You just can't > duplicate a real live performance. No, video/audio tape isn't the same. I have some friends that do community theater. My daughter is in 'Traditions of Christmas' put on by Christian Community Theater. Live music and theater is awesome and blows away formulaic cookie cutter movies with the same 3-4 actors. Chris -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
