Re: [microsound] copyright or wrong?

[pelagius pelagius <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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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