Re: [microsound] //Copyright monopoly and creative sounds

[Michal Seta <mis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

getting further off topic here...

One more reason to upgrade to linux?
In the past five years that I have been using linux I had almost
forgotten what entering a serial number/pass means...

I am not saying this to start another religious/OS/platform/whatever
war.  Linux is a _real_ alternative to Microcrap.  One can get
immediately productive with it (be it office applications, graphics,
music, digital audio, internet etc).  It's true that some aspect of
the OS are still a little immature and many applications are alpha or
beta (and will be for a long time) and in general more
time/testing/developers are needed to make it perfect (whatever that
means) but there are many mature tools available (UNIX type systems
have been around for a very long time!) that may suit many needs.
True, one may need to adjust one's working habits but any change
requires some adjustments.  Besides, possibly this change will be
enriching.

Now, to get back to copyright issues, those who are concerned about
copyrights and their social, moral, philosophical, legal etc aspects and
influence on one's creative/productive life, linux is, again, a
possible path.  Check out gnu.org to learn about copyleft applied to
software.  Many artists have been copylefting their music/art and
deriving licenses from the GPL.  Check out also
http://creativecommons.org/ for another type of license to support
creative work.

cheers

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:44:08 -0600
Jeffrey wrote:

> *Sigh*.  I think you're right.  Microsoft's "Palladium" gets really 
> intense and can bind things down to the hardware level, which always 
> worries me.  I have enough problems just moving serial number and 
> preference information around between machines.  I'm not looking 
> forward to a day when I buy a new computer or any other piece of 
> digital equipment and find I can't access half my library without 
> jumping through lots of hoops - even though I may even still be within 
> my licensed "rights".

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