> This particular part of the equation will only change if people start > making media which has less-restrictive rights than copyright, part of > their everyday lives. I would guess this has only happened to a very > limited extent so far,
Sorry I didnt word that bit clearly. I meant people listening to and watching non-copyrighted works more and more. Its happened a lot more for video that for music so far? I can live without TV and films a lot of the time now, but havent been able to quench my musical thirst with what Ive been able to find online with creative commons or similar freedoms, so keep buying a lot of albums off itunes. Also both fortunately and unfortunately, youtube is a pretty good reflection of the sort of copyright chaos thats out there in terms of what masses of people actually do. This chaos I guess has existed since the earliest types of sound recording devices came into the hands of the public. Computers, the web, how quick and easy digital copying & reuse can be, along with the upsurge in people creating their own stuff, has amplified the chaos. Although much of the chaos of copyright on youtube isnt people building on other works at all, its just putting them on there in full, bootlegging or piracy without profit. Cheers Steve Elbows
