Re: [microsound] downhill battle

[Jonathan Hughes <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 2/1/04 3:04 AM, sediment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx at sediment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Oh yeah.  And if you're really, truly giving away your music then why
> would you care if someone else is selling it?  When you give it away, that
> means it no longer belongs to you.  If you gave someone a gift and they
> sold it would you ask them for the money?


Typically, when you give someone a gift and they sell it, they're only
selling it once, and typically, they don't profit from the sale. They sell
it for close to its original value, so they just end up with the monetary
value of the gift. If you give away a digitally-reproducible piece of art,
and someone makes hundreds of copies, sells them, and turns a profit on your
"gift," that's a bit different. It sure is to me, at least.






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