broadcastengineering.com— The result of a new survey has angered the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America
Aug 18, 2006View in Crawl 4
Let me stake out a position here: 1. I think that most people who are happy to freely duplicate copyrighted works have never been in the position of selling anything of their own. 2. I think that people who sell their own materials (be it books, music, software etc.) are more likely to be aware of the effort that creators put into their creations. Such people are more likely to identify with fellow creators. They are thus less willing to duplicate material without fair recompense because they know how wretched they feel when they see copies being made of their own materials. 3. These beliefs lead me to make the following testable proposition: A person who starts selling their own original materials will be less willing to duplicate the copyrighted works of other people.
I also notice they seem to pick the biggest dumb s**ts out of the crowd to interview. When I was a teenager I knew damn well "sharing" my music was illegal.
Gosh, I wonder if teenagers maybe just read section 1008 of the copyright act?"No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or **based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.**"<a class="user" href="http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap10.html#1008">http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap10.html#1008</a>
I sort of agree and sort of don't agree with this idea. First of all, the RIAA needs to understand that copying music from CDs is not new-fangled crime and debauchery. Back in the 80s, people were screaming murder when we copied radio music onto cassette tapes (or dubbed friends' cassette tapes): "No one will buy music anymore! We're going to lose money to create and distribute! The artists don't get paid" When have any of those horror stories come true from a dingy cassette tape? In another 10 years time, I have a feeling this will be as important as copying cassette tapes (does anybody remember the mixing kids/groups/'zines who'd dub and sell their mixes? Try that now and it's a law suit waiting to happen, no doubt). Technology becomes easier and cheaper to use as the years go on, and you're telling me you need $20 for a CD? Goodness forbid some of the employees of a record label and its artists make only $100k a year.
"However, the personal sharing of favorite media is a long tradition that’s ingrained in American culture. Some argue that such activity is what created the value of the media in the first place."Damn straight. Just look at Ok Go, and their video that got shared so much. Hardly anyone knew about it before.
How do i check if my song i downloaded is copywrited or not so i can put it on myspace music?? please let me know. mrdreamers4u@hotmail.com hit me up :) thanx!
aussiescribeAug 19, 2006
Let me stake out a position here: 1. I think that most people who are happy to freely duplicate copyrighted works have never been in the position of selling anything of their own. 2. I think that people who sell their own materials (be it books, music, software etc.) are more likely to be aware of the effort that creators put into their creations. Such people are more likely to identify with fellow creators. They are thus less willing to duplicate material without fair recompense because they know how wretched they feel when they see copies being made of their own materials. 3. These beliefs lead me to make the following testable proposition: A person who starts selling their own original materials will be less willing to duplicate the copyrighted works of other people.
ghosttoonAug 19, 2006
I also notice they seem to pick the biggest dumb s**ts out of the crowd to interview. When I was a teenager I knew damn well "sharing" my music was illegal.
Closed AccountAug 20, 2006
Even my PARENTS copy CDs for their friends and they don't think it's a crime.
dragonmasternycAug 20, 2006
no they dont
tjrcAug 21, 2006
Gosh, I wonder if teenagers maybe just read section 1008 of the copyright act?"No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or **based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.**"<a class="user" href="http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap10.html#1008">http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap10.html#1008</a>
qoogirlAug 31, 2006
I sort of agree and sort of don't agree with this idea. First of all, the RIAA needs to understand that copying music from CDs is not new-fangled crime and debauchery. Back in the 80s, people were screaming murder when we copied radio music onto cassette tapes (or dubbed friends' cassette tapes): "No one will buy music anymore! We're going to lose money to create and distribute! The artists don't get paid" When have any of those horror stories come true from a dingy cassette tape? In another 10 years time, I have a feeling this will be as important as copying cassette tapes (does anybody remember the mixing kids/groups/'zines who'd dub and sell their mixes? Try that now and it's a law suit waiting to happen, no doubt). Technology becomes easier and cheaper to use as the years go on, and you're telling me you need $20 for a CD? Goodness forbid some of the employees of a record label and its artists make only $100k a year.
thewrkncacnterSep 13, 2006
"However, the personal sharing of favorite media is a long tradition that’s ingrained in American culture. Some argue that such activity is what created the value of the media in the first place."Damn straight. Just look at Ok Go, and their video that got shared so much. Hardly anyone knew about it before.
mrdreamersMar 23, 2007
How do i check if my song i downloaded is copywrited or not so i can put it on myspace music?? please let me know. mrdreamers4u@hotmail.com hit me up :) thanx!