Re: [LAU] Changed: Copyright laws and such

On 02/15/2013 01:58 AM, Louigi Verona wrote: Here's where we differ. You seem to claim that if *I* write a song on my own, and *YOU* want to include that song in a play or movie, that if I say "no," then I am deciding how you can use YOUR property. This is simply not true. You can use your property any way you want, as long as you don't kidnap MY property to do it. And claiming that my refusal to grant a mechanical license for my copyright work results in my somehow deciding how you can use YOUR BODY is gibberish. A LOT of the examples you complain about are actually ABUSE of copyright, rather than a flaw in the concept of copyright. It still seems like you believe that if someone else writes a song, that you honestly believe that you have superior rights over his property than he does. Each of us "owns" his own body. By extension, we each "own" whatever we produce out of thin air. If you claim that you somehow have a right to what I have produced, that would mean that you believe that you own me, and I am reduced to a position of slavery. Do you believe that you would have a "right" to WHATEVER I produced? Is there a limit?? Would I have to ask you to please leave me enough of my labor so that I may feed my family or buy new strings for my guitar, or will you provide those, in order than I could continue to produce things which you would claim to have a right to? -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche]