Re: [microsound] copyright or wrong?

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
>
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