[LAU] ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

[drew Roberts]

On Thursday 01 July 2010 17:58:17 fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 05:25:19PM +0100, Gwenhwyfaer wrote:
> > Now, if anyone wants to make money off it, I think Steve has a right
> > to expect to be given some of that money. (Indeed, one could argue
> > that if Steve's music helps someone pass the time as they tend their
> > crops, they have a moral duty to feed him should he turn up on their
> > doorstep.)
>
> Only Steve ? Or also the musicians who performed for the recording
> you listened to while tending your imperfect garden, the sound engineer
> who recorded it (and has to pay for his equipment), whoever invested in
> whatever infrastructure used to enable you to get a copy of the recording,
> etc. etc. ?

Steve's english teachers, maths teachers, music teachers, mother and father?
>
> > But by and large we all agree that freedom of expression is
> > a basic human right
>
> I fail to see the relation between making a copy of some artist's
> work for your own use, and 'freedom of expression'.

Copyright tends to cover the making of derivatives (freedom of expression / 
speech could enter here) and distribution as well as the making of copies.
>
> Caio,

all the best,

drew