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

[drew Roberts]

On Wednesday 13 February 2013 14:04:33 Al Thompson wrote:
> On 02/13/2013 09:37 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
> >> It's hardly easy to make money by SELLING what is available for FREE.
> >> Sure, it happens.  There are a few places on the internet where you can
> >> pay to download something (like an owner's manual) that is available FOR
> >> FREE on the manufacturer's website.  Since the manufacturer in this case
> >> makes it available for free, they aren't really ripping off the
> >> manufacturer, but I'd say they are ripping off the consumer.
> >
> > So, those Penguin folks are ripping off the consumer? I mean, you could
> > download the books from Project Gutenberg right? Should someone alert the
> > authorities that they are ripping off the consumers?
> >
> > Here is a point you are ignoring. If you can't make money selling things
> > that are legal to copy and that can be obtained for free. How can you
> > make money selling things that are illegal to copy but are also available
> > for free via download however illegally? How do people sell knokcoff CDs
> > and DVDs when they are available as free downloads?
>
> Well, the Pengiun folks are breaking a law, since the things they copy
> are public domain.

Is it safe to assume that that is a typo and you meant they are not breaking 
the law since those works are in the public domain?

> They are not infringing any copyrights, and are not 
> making use of someone's property illegally.

When did the book go from being the property of Dickens or his heirs to being 
the property of the public? Does a bit of land work that way? Or a sofa?

So, why the claim that an artist could not make money if their published works 
immediately went into the public domain?

How can the Penguin folks make money printing and selling these books when any 
other company anywhere in the world can do the same without paying them a 
fee?

> Are they "ripping people 
> off?"  I don't know.  Go ask their customers if they knew they could
> have gotten all of that legally for free.
>
> From what I've seen, people buy pirated DVDs because they either don't
> have a DVD burner, or they believe that it is safer to buy it for cash
> at some flea market where there is no paper trail leading to them.

So, why do they buy from the people who do not support the artists they like 
rather then from the people who do support the artists they like? What drives 
them to do this to bands they love?

all the best,

drew