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

[Christos <christos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Eric,

As someone who works in copyright (mainly in glorified data entry) it's easy o 
see how the copyright laws can enrich and protect those who have great 
artistic/technological talent/ideas but do not have access to the means of 
exploiting them through production or distribution in the manner that a lasrge 
multinational would - it helps the little guy get a return from his or her 
labour etc.

On the other hand I find it difficult to see how retaining copyright for 75 
years after the death of the owner could seriously be justified. What did the 
succerssors of the writer/inventor put into the work? How could they possibly 
justify a share in proceeds? It's nauseatingly obvious that these laws exist in 
the US and UK (the 50 year limit in .au and elsewhere is a little bit more 
reasonable) to protect the incomes of companies such as Disney or any major 
record label too lazy or cheap to invest in new ideas (who wants to encourage 
them! They could be dangerous - they could upset the status quo). No doubt they 
will try to lobby your MP in 25 years to extend the law further.....

Anyway that's my 5 cents.

cheers

Chris

Quoting Eric Namour <namnamou@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Dear all,  I would be interested in getting your comments on a subject I am
> looking at for an academic paper: Do you believe that copyright {rigid}
> protection (its term is 'life of the author + 70 years) stifles creative
> sound/music making (mainly cut'n'paste, minimal electro,
> atmospheric/deconstructive Rock, field recording, etc...)?  This is not a
> 'freedom of speech' consideration for we all do agree on the benefits of
> collaboration and sharing techniques/ideas/sound pieces within a defined
> marginal music community. This concerns the fact that copyright is purely an
> undeserved, uncreative (and many other 'un'!) future revenue streams which
> benefit only the big corporations and that Copyright Acts have hidden behind
> the excuse of 'protecting the public interest for the progress of Art'.  I
> appreciate your help for that and thank you all in advance...
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
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