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#102813 - 12/11/02 08:33 AM
Re: OT: KaZaa users may be getting a bill soon...
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Registered: 12/01/99
Posts: 12800
Loc: Penn Yan, NY
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Even comercially produced midi files are not allowed to be played in public without a specific liscence, and we all know THAT isn't happening, right? No one uses midi files at work. No one plays CD's on breaks, or Taped copies of same, right?
I do not believe the line is as clear as we would like to belive where coryrights are concerned. It is certainly a flawed system, and there is no way it is jutified at the expense that it is charged for.
If I play a 4 hour job in a club in Philly for 85 people having dinner and dancing, he royalty police will make sure that the publishers get their few cents per seat in the house. Billy Idol, and Frank Zappa will get their 12 cents or so, and I will never play one of their songs, so THAT's wrong too.
Pro- I respect the tasteful, educated way you responded to my last post, and these are not fightin' words at all. I just get peeved at the way the system of royalties works and how they make it almost impossible to make a decent living in the arts without sharing some aspect of other's performances.
I'm gonna let this topic pass me by ..... it's way too controvercial for my limited tolerance with the rock & roll mentality that seems to rule the worlds' art programs. I just want to sing and be happy.
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