Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

> Comedians get paid for live shows, tv appearances,
> and DVD's. If someone 
> copied thier jokes to text and emailed it, its
> equivalent to someone ripping an 
> MP3 and forwarding it. 

No, it's not.  Copying someone's joke into text and
emailing it is the equivalent to a garage band
learning to play your song and then performing it for
someone else.  There is a huge difference.  I might
pay to see Prince performing Musicology (I did, in
fact), but I have no interest in hearing 'Prance'
cover the tune.  If it such covers cost prince
anything at all, it is a tiny amount compared to what
file 'sharing' costs him, particularly when he is
producing and distributing the album himself, taking
80% instead of 5%.

You are right, it is a changing business world, and
folks need to embrace technology, but they DON'T have
to give up all their work for free, particularly when
talking about something as simple and easily enforced
as copyright on works being used by other artists. 
iTMS and others have restored a business model that
works, but stopping the trade in illegal music should
remain a priority, whether through DRM or some other
mechanism.  That said, I think maintaining some level
of fair use availability for future purchases is
important.  If I can't listen to a purchase at home,
on every stereo in the house, at work, and on my mp3
player(s), I have no interest in buying it.

--sam



		
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