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

[Hartmut Noack]

Am 30.06.2010 14:37, schrieb Dave Phillips:
> Greetings,
>
> <caffeinated_rant>
> You're welcome to try to change it, but you're
> not welcome to break it as though it doesn't exist or because you
> believe it's unjust.

In this I am absolutely with you, Dave.
It is absolutely NOT cool and rebbellious to ignore the rights of 
authors if they choose to claim such rights. It is simply cheap and 
uncivilized behaviour.

As I see the situation here in Germany today, many things should change 
about Copyright-laws and the way they are enforced. But still I think 
simply breaking these laws on a dayly basis wont make a change for the 
better.

Fact is: creative work has its value and many creative work demands 
investments. Try to make a simple movie, say: a comedy, without any 
budget, then think about how such work could be financed. Find out about 
the average rent for a rehearsal-room in your city, the price of 
equipment and then think about how to raise the fundalation for a rock-band.

And I mean it: think!
Ignoring the traditional system to get artists/programmers/performers 
paid for their work is not enough. I think the traditional system is in 
desperate need for changes: it is bad, it takes 80% for itself and its 
burocracy and only 20% for the artists, that have to pay all the costs 
from this 20% also and thus can be happy to keep 2-3% for themself.

So what about a different system? If you want to make a difference, 
start paying for Downloads of CC-Music you could get for no-cost as 
well. Start paying for software that is GPLd if it is important for you 
that this software is developed. Donate 5 bucks on the artists website 
and the artist gets about 90% - fair system. fair deal. You only have to 
embrace the idea that you are willing to contribute you share without 
being forced to.
Until such a system is widely accepted, enforcement the way ASCAP or 
GEMA does it will prevail.

best regs.
HZN
btw:get some CCed tunes from my website, if you want to get something 
freely without being a stupid :-)
http://lapoc.de/demos