[linux-audio-user] Linux-Music and making a living...

tim hall tech at glastonburymusic.org.uk
Sun Sep 11 03:44:47 EDT 2005


On Saturday 10 September 2005 22:03, John Mulholland wrote:
> 1. Should lists of freely available content be covered by a licence?
> 2. Should access to a list, or the items within it, be charged for?
> 3. How about if the charge was shown with the the percentage donated
> directly to the artist?
> 4. Could such a payment gateway be built using open source tools, and
> made open and secure?
> 5. Should access constitute right to copy, and is there any need for DRM
> in this system? Or in any other?
>
> Big questions I know, but they are worth considering, particularly if
> you are looking to make a living out of Linux and music. Hope that helps

Good points, John. This could turn out to be quite a fruitful discussion after 
all! This is good potential WIKI material. [He said. ;].
-- 
cheers,

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim



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