From: graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [microsound] copyright or wrong?
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:42:01 -0500
mmmm. beer genes.
pelagius pelagius wrote:
> >From: "Patrick Norris" <untitledartist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >I'm imagining a Bush Administration type all out assault...with some
highly
> >creative name like "the war on copyright infringement"...In which
sampling
> >artists are refered to as "evil doers"...
>
> Based on this thread I'm imagining another type of war with several
guerilla
> factions all fighting against each other. Each group has their own
> fanatical viewpoint based on a different mis-interpretation of the law
and
> none of the factions understand what the other ones are talking about.
> There's a group of radical djs trying to patent blank white record
labels
> and another group of singer/songwriters that wants to trademark rhyming
> structures. The poor downtrodden club owners can't afford to pay the
ascap
> & bmi licensing fees because they have been mistakenly sending licensing
> fees to the patent holders of the genetically modified beer they're
selling.
> The story's protagonist sits in a darkened corner rocking back and
forth
> frightened of the RIAA that's out to get him. No more art is made and
the
> world is plunged into another dark age.
>