Highly ironic considering Apple's infamous 1984 commercial. Barring people from accessing something and then calling it freedom certainly sounds like doublethink to me.
Apparently you're saying that artists do not have the right to license their music differently and separately from the ASCAP. According to you, any difference from the ASCAP model somehow creates confusion in the marketplace which somehow would destroy copyright. Even though the Creative Commons model depends entirely on copyright.
Which makes it apparent that you're either an idiot or a troll.
I've said it before, because the copyright industry's entire business is based upon government granted monopolies, they have no clue about competing in a free market.
When a copyright business is faced with competition they sue. If the court says they can't sue. The have the law changed so they can. If that doesn't work. They have treaties enacted to force new laws. They never learn about giving value to consumers because they feel the consumers should pay under force of law. They honestly believe that.
This mentality goes back to internet radio, the VCR, radio, the player piano, etc.
"The other chilling part of Salmon's conversation with Samson was one of his rationale's for hiding behind copyright"
Apparently he values Copyright so much that he thinks it should trump the first amendment. That's exactly what he's saying. The protection of a possible copyright over a document is more important that the freedom of the press to expose the document.
No one owns facts, not even the facts of one's own life. So you have a right to write a book or make a movie about someone's life story without paying them.
Nope, just one standard: profit. Not paying the real soldier for his story gives the producers more profit. Suing copyright infringers gives the producers (and lawyers) more profit.
"it does seem very hypocritical for all these big labels and big musicians to be whining about copyright infringement, when it appears that they try to get away with it themselves when they can"
Sony does care about copyright. It only cares about making money. If it can make money via copyright. It will. If it can make money violating copyright. It will.
Think about all the genres of music from the 80s until MTV stopped playing music in the 90s. After that we can corporate crap. Boy bands. Underage blonde teen singers. Bad urban music such as Kayne. Derivative crap such as the Black Eyed Peas. There has not been a successful and innovative new genre since about the mid 90s.
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Gee, this test is easy. What else have you got?
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Highly ironic considering Apple's infamous 1984 commercial. Barring people from accessing something and then calling it freedom certainly sounds like doublethink to me.
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Apparently you're saying that artists do not have the right to license their music differently and separately from the ASCAP. According to you, any difference from the ASCAP model somehow creates confusion in the marketplace which somehow would destroy copyright. Even though the Creative Commons model depends entirely on copyright.
Which makes it apparent that you're either an idiot or a troll.
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When a copyright business is faced with competition they sue. If the court says they can't sue. The have the law changed so they can. If that doesn't work. They have treaties enacted to force new laws. They never learn about giving value to consumers because they feel the consumers should pay under force of law. They honestly believe that.
This mentality goes back to internet radio, the VCR, radio, the player piano, etc.
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Good point.
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Apparently he values Copyright so much that he thinks it should trump the first amendment. That's exactly what he's saying. The protection of a possible copyright over a document is more important that the freedom of the press to expose the document.
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Nope, just one standard: profit. Not paying the real soldier for his story gives the producers more profit. Suing copyright infringers gives the producers (and lawyers) more profit.
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Sony does care about copyright. It only cares about making money. If it can make money via copyright. It will. If it can make money violating copyright. It will.
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Neither does Ccomp5950, that didn't stop him (or her) from compiling this data.
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