Re: [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

On 02/11/2013 09:58 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
>
> See, your first mistake is to describe the person as a property owner without
> qualifications.
>
> Second, I do not speak of private, contracted "showings" but rather of
> publication.
>

I am also talking about "published works."

I guess the first question I would ask you, is "do you believe that a
person has a right to profit from his efforts?"

> The draconian situation we have today is still not good enough to protect the
> works of the big copyright holders to their satisfaction. Open your eyes and
> look at they laws they are asking for and often getting.

Many of the laws that are on the books, are not directly a result of
"copyright law" necessarily, but rather from backroom deals, lobbying
(i.e. - bribes), and other compromises. Don't confuse the RIAA with
"copyright owners."

> So, you are whistling a new tune in your room with the windows open. Jack is
> walking by and hears some of it. It is catchy and he starts to whistle it as
> he walks along. John standing at the bus stop a few blocks away hears it as
> Jack passes. He too starts whistling the melody. He gets on the bus
> whistling. All of the bus riders hear at. When they get off the bus at their
> various stops they whistle it. Etc. In the absence of copyright law, do you
> really think you have some power or right to prevent this situation? Some
> right to be compensated by all of these people whistling without your
> permission?
>
> Oh, and by the way, to my ignorant understanding, if you hadn't yet written
> down what you were whistling when Jack heard, you don't get to copyright it.
> Oops. (I say ignorant as it may only happen if you perform it in public
> first. Etc.)

You don't have to "write it down," in the literal sense. But being in a
fixed form of some sort is required, as is "publication."

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