From: Peter Gannushkin <shkin@shkin.com> Reply-To: Peter Gannushkin <shkin@shkin.com> To: Fritz Feger <zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Comments on CD Burning/Unauthorized Duplication etc. Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 17:27:33 +0100
Copyright laws are weird already and should be changed to be softer not harder. Why on earth somebody who writes or plays music, writes texts or acts in a movie should be paid by the number of sold copies or tickets? Nobody else except these categories of people are paid that way and that's why nobody else can become a billionaire just because he happened to have pretty face or managed to compose popular tune.
Actually, other people are paid this way and it is by manufacturing. Cars, Hamburgers and Cd's are all sold the same way. Zoo admission, Plane Tickets, and Concert tickets are all sold the same way. Depending on how many things or seats are available versus how many are in demand will decide how many are sold. Lets say I'm cleaning some path in the park, should I charge
every person who passes this path some money?
They already are payinb money. Taxes. Even other sort of
artists like sculptors or painters or architects are not paid that way. When the sculpture is sold, it is sold, that's it, no more money.
It is all how they chose to sell their piece. I have known painters to release so-called "Limited Edition" prints of their painting in quantities of thousands. When I make a limited edition cd of 20 copies. That is all that there is, all that will be sold and all the money that will be made (or in my case, lost).
People two hundred years ago didn't know anything about copyright so why should we use this thing? Can you imagine that somebody will start to claim their rights for Odyssey or even Bible?
Damn, hopefully someone will get rights to the Bible, so I know who to sue!!! _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail