Yes, I understand that, I just disagree with it.
Mason
Linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.
----Original Message Follows----
From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
Reply-To: slug@nks.net
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Music Download Services
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 21:48:08 -0400
Mason Mullins wrote:
>Yes, but an artist isn't "labor". The music they produce IS the "goods
>they sell" and as such they deserve to be paid for it just as much as
>anyone else who produces and sells a product. If you produced a product
>for sale and someone else copied that product and sold it or gave it away,
>effectively cutting your sales, I would imagine you'd be a tad upset about
>that. Same thing.
>
I believe Jonathon's point was that the artist should be paid for the
original production of the work. But not necessarily for all copies made
thereafter. (He can correct me if I'm wrong.)
Of course, that's at variance with the basic model of both copyrights and
patents. I don't know if his way is better or worse. But it is different
from the current model, and contrary to several centuries' worth of patent
and copyright law.
Paul
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