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Now we see yet another example of how the recording industry has
pulled one over on even the above-average consumer.
Now a series of in-line replies:
On May 25, 2005, at 8:59 AM, William Sutton wrote:
On a related note, if the average CD costs $15 and has 15 tracks,
that's
$1/song if bought legit.
*If* it cost that. And I really wanted all the tracks and valued them
equally. Maybe I don't really care for $BAND, but I rather like that
catchy tune from a commercial I saw on tv, I end up paying basically
$20 for one song.
Do you all really think the artists would
appreciate being gypped that $4500 to begin with?
Do you really think the artists get more than a few pennies from
every album sale?
Not to bring religion into this, but sometimes the Christian Golden
Rule
has universal application: Do unto others as you would have them
do unto
you. If you're happy with someone taking the fruits of your labor for
free without consulting your opinion....
Now, I don't claim to speak for anyone else, but a few months ago, I
had a bit of fun riding the crest of a small wave of internet
popularity with my Copyleft designs (http://frijole.info/copyleft).
See what it says at the bottom? "Take it, share it, edit it, don't
(c) derivative works, and have fun." Someone turned around and made
shirts, yellow-on-red, with a verbatim copy of the design. He made
what to me would be a non-trivial bit of change. Does it upset me?
No. Did it hurt me that he made money from it? No. Am I happy that
there are thousands of people wearing a shirt with *my* design on it?
Yes.
My $0.02,
~ian (now with asbestos underwear!)
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