We are living in the most creative time ever, in spite of the most repressive copyright regimes ever, thanks to the technological innovations the aforementioned regime wishes so dearly to stifle.
I missed the memo where you were appointed absolute arbiter of what is creative and what is derivative. Could you forward a copy of it please, for my records?
Do you have "Maybe if the _________ didn't attempt to screw over millions of copyright holders things would be very different" set up on a hotkey for Kwik-n-EZ shill posting, or is typing it some kinda really complicated series of muscle spasms your doctors haven't been able to get under control?
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You comment on Techdirt because you're too cheap to have a locally available professional dominatrix satisfy your masochistic need to be publicly humiliated, right?
So you don't see it as a commentary on how Big Content slathers the grim specter of piracy on top of every spurious cash grab initiative in an attempt to harness moral outrage as a societal lubricant?
It's hard to imagine how barren the musical landscape would be today if the first schmuck who tripped over a I-IV-V chord progression had been ceded total control over it's subsequent usage.
Back in the '70's, I was making a proper living on the road playing 70/30 covers/originals in bar bands. Saturday Night Fever happened, and all of a sudden one guy with 2 turntables and a couple of crates of records replaced countless '5 musicians and a roadie/soundman' bands as the entertainment of choice in bars. For working musicians, that market changed overnight and never really returned.
I thought this post was related to the relentless secrecy surrounding treaty negotiations. Such noble legislation should occur in the full light of day where its purity of purpose can serve as moral inspiration for us all.
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Why are you here, and not saving the world on a global scale?
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It's a triumph of human creativity.
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That would be the shareholders they're referring to, which puts their behavior smartly in line with their mission statement.
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Because that's what I see.
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Fucking DJs and their fucking records...
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