Dennis McCunney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But most of the folks I know at the moment are writers, artists, and > musicians trying to make a living out of what is essentially intellectual > property, who are _directly_ hurt by unrestricted sharing of thier > copyrighted work. I'm not concerned about loss of revenue by large > corporations. I _am_ concerend about the welfare of my friends.
This is an old myth peddled by the people who make money from restricting sharing of creative works. In the DRM world, the people who make the most money are the "gatekeepers," the large corporations. Why does an artist want to cooperate with large corporations and make criminals out of people who appreciate their work? It doesn't grow their audience and just leaves people feeling bad. Experiences of authors who *welcome* their works being shared are documented in articles such as http://www.baen.com/library/palaver6.htm (OK, so that's a widget frosting or related services model, but it still shows what a good way it is to become known. There are probably others, but that was the first I grabbed from my bookmarks). Personally, I'd go further and start looking for a way to provide work as copyleft, but then you knew that anyway. I'm concerned about the welfare of *all* my friends, but both producers and consumers. MJR _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
