Posted by Joop Bluemink on 11/13/05 22:42

On 13 Nov 2005 08:59:11 -0800, justafingerpicker@yahoo.com wrote:

>Just an observation (by an admitted old f@rt, at that) but this whole
>thing about copyright infringement is a whole lot like arguing over who
>gets to sit in the deck chairs on the Titanic.
>
>Copyright laws were not written with any thought of the electronic age.
> I don't think anyone (certainly, anyone who's published anything -- or
>tried) would argue with the concept of the right to profit from
>"intellectual property." But changes in music distribution has, by
>itself, rendered the laws governing the protection of one's creative
>efforts hopelessly archaic.
>
>I understand -- even support -- the right of people to profit from
>their own work, or at the very least, prevent others from profiting
>from it at the creator's expense. But there's got to be a better way
>to do that than trying to repaint a Model-T Ford and make it more
>suitable for the Indy 500.
>
>The genie is out of the bottle. That is the fact that has to be dealt
>with -- not merely how to attempt to stuff him back into it.

I have a simple way of reasoning: when sound was introduced, a
recording method was invented. when music was recorded onto
lp's, a device was invented to record the music from lp's or directly
from radio; ditto music-cassettes/8-Track, ditto CD's, ditto
VHS/Betamax/Philips2000, ditto DVD's. Whenever you record films or
music for private use, nobody is gonna bother you. When somebody
offers mp3 music to download from his/her website, that's their
problem. I am happy to download it if it interests me.

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