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| The problem is copyright laws The fundamental problem is that the law has been corrupted by the megacorps. The orginal copyright, which was great for over 150 years, was 14 YEARS. PERIOD. That's a reasonable amount of time for any artist to make money from their works. The problem is that Disney and others corrupted the law to make copyrights 'eternal'. If we still followed the original founders beliefs, all the music from the 80's and early 90's would now be in the public domain. I fully support the prosecution of copyright infringers, but not under the current laws. Roll back copyrights to 14 years, and it would be ok, otherwise, it's just a farce.
Fix the copyright laws, and you fix the problem.
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 PiggieI Actually use WindstreamPremium
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Orange Springs, FL | By Passing the RIAA Hurry for them. People here are in the old copyright argument, all but hijacking this thread. What you think an artist makes off albums? A sweet deal if you are mega famous is 20%, 10% is more like it. The Record company and the RIAA who does nothing but complain lately, get three times the average artist.
So you sell a thousand copies on a label and make a grand. Sell your music direct for even $10 for a downloaded CD and you only have to see 100 to make a grand.
Two people I know of locally are doing that now. They produce their own CD's, have the professionally stamped not burned, printed j label. Cost for 1000 is about $1200. They sell them for $10 each when they do a gig somewhere if people want a copy of them.
It's spreading like wild fire. I see it in higher class restaurant clubs now a lot. You can buy the artist's CD right there.
For a big boy to do it means it's taken to a new level, not the start of something. But yes, lets hope this gets the ball rolling at he national level.
This is beyond wonderful, as seeing the RIAA become a thing of the past would be a dream come true for tens of thousands of artists they do longer serve or protect, just rob.
Piggie :@) Yahhhhhhoooooooooooooo
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Re: The problem is copyright laws "Fix the copyright laws, and you fix the problem."
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I believe it was 14 years with an optional, one-time 14 year extension that you had to apply for. I would support a system like that. It would eliminate the abandonware grey area. (If the company that owned the rights vanished, the copyright would expire relatively quickly.) Plus, even assuming most music stayed under copyright for 28 years (14+14), we would be getting music from 1979 in the public domain now. Why should an artist who recorded a song in 1979 expect to keep getting paid for it? Why should a company who made a movie in 1960 expect that it will continue to generate revenue. (And honestly, how much revenue do they really make from these older movies/songs?)
On the whimsical side, being a Heroes fan, and having seen the latest episode last night, I read your last line as:
Fix the copyright laws, Save the World
It might just be true, too. | | |
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