http://www.joncollins.net/wordpress/2005/11/05/what-is-the-music-industry-anyway/ Surviving in a connected world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:14:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.joncollins.net/wordpress/2005/11/05/what-is-the-music-industry-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Stuart Ward Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:11:03 +0000 http://www.joncollins.net/wordpress/?p=113#comment-991 In all the arguments over copyright and DRM the issue should be about what is best for society as a whole, rather than whether this group or person is able to do this. What we all want is an environment where we those who contribute to our culture are able to be fairly paid, and those that enjoy these works are able to do so within clear and sensible rules. At the moment we have the rights owners saying if you hum a tune in the street you have to pay me, and my copyright lasts forever. Initiatives like the Creative Commons set a sensible balance but I cant see any of the big media players coming down to something like this for a long time yet. In all the arguments over copyright and DRM the issue should be about what is best for society as a whole, rather than whether this group or person is able to do this. What we all want is an environment where we those who contribute to our culture are able to be fairly paid, and those that enjoy these works are able to do so within clear and sensible rules.
At the moment we have the rights owners saying if you hum a tune in the street you have to pay me, and my copyright lasts forever. Initiatives like the Creative Commons set a sensible balance but I cant see any of the big media players coming down to something like this for a long time yet.

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