[LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Sun Feb 10 15:37:29 UTC 2013


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:22:29AM -0500, drew Roberts wrote:
 
> You are not stealing anything from the creator. They had that control before 
> they showed the work to anyone. Once they put it out in the public realm, 
> they gave up that ability. 

They didn't give up anything, they counted on the law to protect them.
Just as they count on it for not being mugged. Using copyrighted 
material simply because you easily can do it, and because *you* think
it doesn't affect the copyright holder at all, isn't any better than
beating up someone because you happen to be stronger, and afterwards
telling it was just for fun.

Ciao,

-- 
FA

A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)



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