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Re: [microsound] mp3 redux



in your world anyone (including the bigcos) can do whatever they want with
anything they happen to fancy.

I would suggest that you start by changing the general economic system
rather than just saying that someone else (the artists) should abide by
different rules & laws than everone else.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ph!L @ c e n t i b e l" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [microsound] mp3 redux

> >> but did you steal those mp3:s or had the artists decided to make them
> >> available for download as promotion?
> >>
> >> there is a world of difference.
> >
> >not if both scenarios result in the purchase of said CD...your
> conjecture is
> >true only if you do not buy a CD...
>
> But I think the real question is who gets to decide how music is
> distributed. The OP's implication seems to be that musicians should have
> absolute say over everything that happens to their music. But to me, the
> idea that the author should have absolute control over culture seems a
> bit, pardon the pun, authoritarian. Speaking as an author myself, I feel
> like there should be a process of negotiation between producers and
> audience regarding the flow of cultural wealth.
>
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