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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What is stopping an artist purchasing a copy of the
recording that was made of their performance, manufacturing copies of it
and then selling those copies?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Don't forget, the recording is by no means equivalent to
the live performance. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>An artist also has equal (if not more) opportunity
than anyone else to record their own performances.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It is not technology that is necessarily culpable for any
displacement, but unequal access to it. That may well have long been a case of
the haves vs the have nots, but there are a hell of a lot of haves these days
when it comes to recording, distribution
and publishing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The key remaining inequality is the mercantile privilege of
copyright - designed for the haves (in terms of lobbying power and legal
resources).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>There is only one force in this world mighty enough to take
on the recording industry (whilst they still have power), and that is the
people.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=389412310-28102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you transfer your copyright to the people, they will
protect it and fiercly counter any corporation who dares appropriate
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=389412310-28102007>That
means artists should stop putting barbed wire around their art to preserve
the ability for record labels to monopolise it in the future
- labels pay a pittance for the privilege anyway (for those artists who
don't end up in debt to them).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=389412310-28102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=389412310-28102007>And
until an artist is as rich as Cliff, they have no power to
exploit their notional monopoly without a label.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=389412310-28102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=389412310-28102007>So, let's help persuade artists to
stop kidding themselves that they can be their own labels and
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=389412310-28102007>make monopoly money.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=389412310-28102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=389412310-28102007>An
artist should sell their art to their audience with no monopoly retained. CC-NC
is a Naive Con.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=389412310-28102007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=389412310-28102007>One
can suggest using a copyleft licence such as CC-SA if there's doubt
concerning the ability of the people to otherwise protect their intellectual
property.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Eliot P. [mailto:stablea2@hbci.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 28 October 2007 5:13am<BR><B>To:</B>
Discuss@freeculture.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [FC-discuss] Transcended Value in
Recording Industry<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Courier color=#000080>A major issue in intellectual property
is common depreciation. What is that? Well on one hand, the profit
of a real estate investment, is not taxed as highly because the value of the
property is depreciated. It doesn't matter whether the property is old
or new.. That makes this a maor income generating opportunity for real
estate owners. They can withdraw money since their tax is minimal.
But being a rock star is not like being a real estater. Believe me, I
know all about rock music.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Courier color=#000080>OK so when I go to do rock star work, my
work has some value, but there are also costs. Now what if I say that I
can rock twice for the same cost.. No that is not true. I can not
double rock and roll.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Courier color=#000080>But if I have cash to invest, in rock
stars, then what I can do is invest for a higher interest. I ell that
rock star he has to rock for my money, or I will put a lien on that guitar and
drums till he pays off. He tells me some sad story, I can' rock but
once, eh.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Courier color=#000080>So I get the tape recorder, and
come over to the concert. I record the concert and now I can double the
investment and make twice as much. I keep all of that money. He
says I want some of that money. But it was the tape recorder that I
used. He can't rock it more than once. And so most technology
displaces people . That is a transcendence of their value within an open
system where they are not getting feedback and control. In a closed
system they would have gotten feedback and would not rock wher there was a
tape recorder. Since that technology is going to cost them money.
that is what happens with technology and investment. It tends to
transcend the stabiliy and speeds thing up. hat happens to
everybody. Investment requires interest must be paid, while the worker
is offered a conditional employment depending upon his usefulness. But I
can still rock and roll..</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>