> -----Original Message----- > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas Gonze > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:51 PM > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in general > > On 1/28/07, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there is a big difference from playing a ditty at a wedding and > > selling CDs by the truckload. They are not like at all. Of > course they > > were wrong to argue that. > > Under the law there is no difference between playing a ditty > at a wedding and selling CDs by the truckload. If it's a > reasonable claim against a giant corporation selling CDs by > the truckload, it's a reasonable claim against an individual > playing a ditty at a wedding. > > That's the entire reason I'm willing to expose myself to your > anger in this conversation. The expansive rights that you > and many other videobloggers are asking for would be a > catastrophe in the hands of big corporations, and if you get > them then they do to.
Are you arguing that it is illegal for a company to attach usage restrictions to the sale of a piece of media? While I very much respect your position and the ideology that sits behind it, I can't help but think that the courts have disagreed with you at every turn. If your argument is indeed intended to empower the little guy against the big guy, why argue that the little guy shouldn't have access to the same tools and technologies used by the big guys to "protect" their media?
