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Posted by Christopher Campbell on 12/08/06 22:42
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 06:15:06 -0800, Bill wrote
(in article <ibOdnUGzArj_7uTYnZ2dnUVZ_vbinZ2d@golden.net>):
> In the movie "The Queen", Tony Blair is heard to utter plaintively,
> "will somebody please step in and save these Royals from themselves...."
>
> Some days I think the media should just give all the copyright holders
> out there exactly what they ask for and take down all the copyrighted
> material, take it off the air, off TV, off the internet. In fact, they
> should refuse to pay to broadcast ANYTHING other than material freely
> submitted by independent artists who want the exposure, or their own
> staff writers and videographers and musicians.
>
> Oh my god-- no Celine Dion on the radio anymore? The horror!
>
> There would be a bruising year or two of losses, and then the public
> would adopt an entirely new generation of artists who, eureka, discover
> that it is good and profitable to let the public see and hear and--
> gasp-- copy your work.
>
> When diesel trains were introduced, didn't the unions try to insist that
> the stokers and firemen keep their jobs?
So, what are you saying? That musicians and actors should not be paid
anymore?
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