http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4382 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4382#comment-11834 Reader's Write Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:33:06 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4382#comment-11834 Big music wants all the protections, copyrights, & valuation that is afforded a piece of art for each and every last song they "own", AND they want all the profitability, economy of scale, and mass marketability of commodity products like toilet paper. IMHO it just cannot be both ways. If you are going to paste your painting on the side of every bus in the country I can take a picture of it, print it out, and hang it on my wall. Even if my copy is somehow indistinguishable from the original it's still okay. If the record companys want to continue making money using the public airwaves advertizing (A.K.A. playing) their songs then as far as I'm concerned they are fair game and up for grabs. Big music wants all the protections, copyrights, & valuation that is afforded a piece of art for each and every last song they “own”, AND they want all the profitability, economy of scale, and mass marketability of commodity products like toilet paper. IMHO it just cannot be both ways. If you are going to paste your painting on the side of every bus in the country I can take a picture of it, print it out, and hang it on my wall. Even if my copy is somehow indistinguishable from the original it’s still okay. If the record companys want to continue making money using the public airwaves advertizing (A.K.A. playing) their songs then as far as I’m concerned they are fair game and up for grabs.

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