Re: [LAU] ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

From: Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Jul 02 2010 - 03:58:25 EEST

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Patrick Shirkey
<pshirkey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> The system that ASCAP is promoting for is only viable in a debt based
> economy. They want to ensure that people who claim ownership of the artwork
> can get a cut of the money that is earnt from using the art/product for
> financial gain after the money earned has been counted. In this case I think
> it would be more appropriate for them to campaign for laws that require up
> front payments by the industry for work that is intended to be used for
> financial gain. It would give it's members a better chance of seeing some of
> the cash they feel they deserve and force the industry to be clear about how
> much money they intend to earn and are willing to part with for that
> opportunity. It would also move them away from supporting and contributing
> to a debt based economy which only serves the goals of the elite.

i have an account on CD Baby. there's a release there (you can check
it out if you want, its by a group called Global Illage). how does
what you've written above relate to my use of copyright in connection
with this activity?
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