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

Hartmut Noack said: "To completely abolish the concept of intellectual property (gee... I hate that corporatism the same as you do... ;-) ) will not work and will not help. All the problems, you have rightfully stated above ( musicians seldomly make any money in the given system etc) come from the implementation of the concept and from the economic system, that uses this concept and not from the concept itself." Perhaps. However, I observe that the whole concept of intellectual property and such utilitarian approach to art has its roots in today's western economic system. It could be that the change of the economic system and the resulting change of how people think would simply eliminate the concept of IP as we know it today.

L.V.