Re: [microsound] RE: McLabor

[Tad Turner <tad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/27/02 at 5:26 PM, aleks <bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> """As a "producer" (either of protocols or trenches) I think
> I'd be pissed to know that industrial productivity was
> increasing, while the rewards for my contribution to that
> increase were declining..."""
> 
>> Tough shit, get another job, or aquire a new skill set that
>> will make you more economically viable on the job market.

Aleks, you're missing the point. The growing gap between "industrial
productivity" and "wages" won't close because I retrain. The increasing
disparity between my compensation and the value I create is flowing to
the investors, not back into another worker's paycheck...

> > when he signed the contract, he signed over the rights. it
> > really is as simple as the fact that noone forced him to do
> > so: he did so of his own free will. it then became the
> > company's product, and him the man behind the wrench. the
> > company could do with it what it wanted to.
> 
> >>>"He's so stupid he put his foot in the trap, he deserves to
> >>>lose his leg."
> 
> >>>That's the kind of society I want to be part of!
> 
> 
> A society where people are responsible for their actions?  This
> to me is so illogical.  Are you saying that someone who doesnt
> read an entire contract, or undersdtands it before signing
> doesnt deserve whatever happens to him? He/she could easily
> avoid what ever the situation may be by just making shure they
> understand every aspect.  Can i feel sorry for them, maybe
> depending on the situation.  But am i a bad guy that belongs to
> a "Horrid" society because some idiot is too lazy to read about
> his OWN RIGHTS, and SELF INTERESTS?
> 
> Give me a break.

 I was being a bit fast and loose there, but my point is that musicians
and composers are adept at creation of tone and sound and not
necessarily great business people. This is true of creative folks and,
well, just about everybody except lawyers and businessmen.

I'm displeased with the societal requirement that we all have to have
MBAs to survive these days. We all laugh at the regimentation and
Taylorism of "factory life" of the turn of the 20th century, but the
current vogue for "everyman and woman their own company" is just a
brutal yoke to labor under.

Anyway, here's one for you. I downloaded a demo copy of Auto-Illustrator
last night and saw this clause in their license agreement:

"7. ARTISTIC CLAUSES

You realise that your use of this software constitutes a component of a
distributed, realtime and non-realtime interactive and autonomous
artwork between you, your computer, our software, and us (the artists)."

Any idea what the implication of this is?

(I wonder if Prince uses this software...)
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