RE: [microsound] downhill battle

[sediment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>When you give it away, that
>> means it no longer belongs to you.
>
> not sure I really agree with that. Just because you make your work freely
> available does
> not mean you lose ownership of the work. If it is distributed on CD then
> of course the CD is no longer yours but the content surely is.

I don't think you understand.  I'm talking about really giving it away for
free, not just distributing it for free.  There's a difference.  I agree
with you, if you are distributing it for free but retain ownership of the
content then it's not o.k. for other people to sell it.  If you are giving
away the content then you have no claim to it anymore.

>> If you gave someone a gift and they
>> sold it would you ask them for the money?
>
> is this really relevant if you are talking about art?

absolutely.

> if you are making
> art with the intention of it being free to all this is making some kind
of > statement about how
> you understand the value or worth of a piece of art (whatever that is it
 > is not how much it sells for). For someone to then sell it for a
profit is > damaging to the art and in some ways to its meaning.

I completely disagree.  If you are giving away the music (see first
blurb), then it only makes the point more apparent when someone else
starts selling it and you do nothing.  The more people that sell, 'steal',
warp, re-release, run-over, this piece of music that originated with you,
the more free it becomes.  I takes on a life of its own.


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