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On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:21 AM, drew Roberts  wrote:

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> On Wednesday 30 June 2010 10:14:27 Paul Davis wrote:

>> as i see it, the same argument applies to artists and other people who

>> spend time creating expressions of ideas. the big question is whether

>> or not society agrees that it is desirable for such work to be able to

>> be the basis of a way of making living. if a musician/composer is

>> going to make a living from their work, its important for them to

>> retain control over people's ability to copy what they create.

>

> Or to be paid up front, in full before releasing the first copy... Or to?

this clearly works for artists with a reputation among sufficient

patrons that makes this possible. its not a general model for artists

with no reputation.
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>> if we

>> want a society in which people can do this sort of thing for a living,

>> giving them this control (on reasonable terms)

>

> This is currently the big rub. The terms today are not reasonable. Far from

> it. But supposedly these totally over the top terms are still not good enough

> to ensure that the artists can survive.

i don't think that anyone in this thread has suggested this. i think

most people on this list probably agree that many of the ways that

large corporations have succeeded in getting copyright law changed

have created an "unreasonable" situation with respect to copyright.

however, a separate problem remains that even if one were to stipulate

terms that most people might agree are wholly reasonable, its hard to

see how to enforce these terms at this point in time. this cultural

change makes it much more difficult to use control over expressions of

one's own ideas as a means of making a living.

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