Re: [microsound] cassettes: live or memorex

["Beni Borja" <beni.borja@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Although I hate ubiquitous music as much as anyone ,I cannot agree with =
this concept that massification has devalued music , and that  would be =
the justification for free music.=20

The moral justification for file-sharing is simply all over the Geneva =
Convention, the international agreement that regulate copyrights. Courts =
all over the world have judged that file-sharing is not a copyright =
breach, as long as it does not involve profit for any of the parts. That =
has been the understanding that a vast majority of judges outside the US =
have been having on the issue ,ever since the first case against =
file-sharing softwares came to court.=20

 Let's not overdo the power of the American EMpire.  RiAA or the US =
Congress cannot change an international agreement.  They could close =
down Napster because it was under the US jurisdiction ,where the RIAA =
lobby and the power of the entertainment industry is more readily felt, =
but they won'T be able to close Gnutella or Kazaa.=20

Let's face it ,  music in stereo is going to be free for download , this =
is an inevitable fact of life, and the Internet will be for the music of =
the 21st century ,like radio was for the 20th century, the prime media =
for music promotion.=20

If music industry , instead of spending millions of dollars on lawyers =
to spin the law, have concentrated their efforts on selling the surround =
sound format to the music consumers, all of this discussion would be =
meaningless , like CD rendered all that crap about "home taping is =
killing music"( remenber"?) obsolete.=20

The future is definitly coming, is useless to fight it ..  =20

Beni     =20
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  From: Kim Cascone=20
  To: microsound_list=20
  Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:43 PM
  Subject: [microsound] cassettes: live or memorex

  > Finally, (one more time)... It is interesting to me how there wasn't
  > much outcry when people made cassette copies of their friends =
albums.
  cassettes are a lossy medium whereas the commonly held (mis)perception =
is
  that digital files are exact replicas of the original...also, the =
manner and
  speed at which these files are made available is not like cassettes =
where
  the copy was contained and not able to be copied again without the =
amount of
  resulting degradation rendering it unlistenable...conversely if you =
copy a
  mp3 file there is (theoretically) no degradation...so copies are able =
to
  proliferate in a viral manner...this is what scares the RIAA and big =
guns...

  one very interesting point that Tobias made a while back is that =
(Tobias,
  correct if I muddle this) is that record companies, publishers et al =
all try
  to make an artist/track ubiquitous...so everywhere you go you hear a
  particular piece of music...the mall, clothing shop, shoe store, =
electronics
  store, MTV, radio, dentists office, gym, etc...so people tend to view =
music
  as a free commodity since they are immersed in it constantly in =
public...so
  why can't they have the ability/right to control how and when they are
  immersed? if they are using an mp3 player with that same track on it =
they
  then gain that control...not sure I explained this correctly but maybe
  someone can help me flesh this out...

  I think the brainwashing attempt to market and sell 'product' by =
creating a
  'networked aura' (my term) has helped to spawn this attitude that =
music is
  free for the taking...the industry commodifies music in such a way as =
to
  devalue it...

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