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Authored by: Wol on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 04:21 PM EDT |
a MAJOR medium for enabling the content moguls to pirate anything they like the
look of.
One only has to look at stupid cases where somebody tried to set up an indie
internet radio station. The ONLY stuff he was going to broadcast was where he
had an agreement in place with the copyright holders.
The performance people tried to argue (they tried to get a law passed) that he
HAD to pay them a pretty hefty licence fee - allegedly so they could compensate
the copyright holders - despite the fact it was pretty obvious the real
copyright holders wouldn't receive a penny!
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 10:24 PM EDT |
Neither represents creative persons.
RIAA is the trade industry association of the record
producers. Despite their statements, they do not represent
any artists - the artists (vocalists, musicians,
songwriters, etc) work for them. They represent the record
labels, which are involved in production and distribution.
MPAA represents the motion picture producers. Again, the
large companies involved in production and distribution.
They do not represent writers, actors, songwriters,
directors, or other creative people.
Interestingly, both came into power because of the
limitations on production and distribution in the past.
They represent what used to be a bottleneck in the system -
but one that is now open due to the reduced costs of
production and distribution thanks to computers and the
internet. However, that means the companies both represent
face obsolescence unless they can re-establish a bottleneck
that no longer exists. Which maximalist copyright
interpretation, combined with their member companies owning
the copyright, would enable.
There are none so blind as those who are paid not to see
(don't know who said it first, but it seems to be true). [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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