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   dorpus, 25 Sep 2004 @ 10:22am

   
   

   What if low prices make it less popular?

   If real diamonds were available from every bubble gum machine for 50 cents, would anyone want to wear diamond wedding rings? There is no biological need for music; it is purely a fashion accessory. From a business standpoint, artificial scarcities are necessary.
   

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   Adrian Anders, 25 Sep 2004 @ 8:19pm

   
   

   Re: What if low prices make it less popular?

   Dorpus, I don't know if you've bought bootlegs before, but the vast majority of good live bootlegs are sold for much more than the album from which the material was originally released on. Many economists argue that bootlegs are different than pirated copies in that they are not competing goods, but rather complimentary ones. That buying one will make it more likely to buy the other (like mustard and ketchup). I for one want both the various live recordings of bands I like, and the original version that appeared on an album because of their different sound properties, and the moods that fit with them. Sometimes I feel like a studio album, other times a live bootleg from a concert I went to. It varies. Your point only makes sense in the context of pirated copies sold on a street corner, not an album which in of itself is completely different from those sold in stores.
   
   ATA

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   dorpus, 25 Sep 2004 @ 8:57pm

   
   

   Re: What if low prices make it less popular?

   > the vast majority of good live bootlegs are sold for much more than the album from which the material was originally released on.< br>
   Ok, so it sounds like there is a mystique built around "good live bootlegs" because of their scarcity, the "insider" social status associated with ownership of such goods. What if many bootlegs were available everywhere all the time? Would they still be expensive?
   
   Humans have lived for thousands of years listening to music only once in a great while, but modern societies now brainwash children from birth (or in some cases, before birth) of the "necessity" of music.
   

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   hanzie, 27 Sep 2004 @ 7:14am

   
   

   shaky ruling

   I'm not too sure about this ruling either. Yes, the judge is correct that copyrighted works must be first poured into a concrete form in order to qualify for copyright protection. But this form need not be material, AFAIK. For example, a spoken poem would qualify, even if it hadn't been written down somewhere. Why would bootleg performances be different?

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   Anonymous Coward, 27 Sep 2004 @ 10:38am

   
   

   Re: shaky ruling

   "For example, a spoken poem would qualify, even if it hadn't been written down somewhere."

   No, it wouldn't.

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