01-19-2006, 12:57 PM
Wait, I seem to recall that back in the 80s when the big stink about piracy with cassette tapes and VHS tapes was raised that it was deemed that making a copy with out the intent to profit was deemed acceptable as fair use. Everybody was in a panic because cassette recorders and VCRs were in full swing and there was a massive panic that the recording industry would never see another dollar ever again because human beings were all trash and scum and they would just record themselves a copy rather than buy it. All kinds of legal procedings as I recall, using pretty much all of the same scare tactics of today.
What finally shut them up was that they got a percentage of recordable electronic media sold. Blank tapes and such. A sort of sin tax.
The problem here now is, there is no blank media for them to cash in on. Electronic file transfers don't need a VCR tape or a cassette. No way for them to get their pennies in kickback.
I also remember a lot of people being angry way back when because the industry had found a way to make even more money and the artists were the ones still being screwed.
The problem is already fixing it self. Some very smart artists are managing their own music online. They cut the big industry out and charge a small modest fee to download entire albums. I'll gladly fork out the cash for the small time operators.
The sooner we stop supporting the big entertainment industry, even if it means resorting to "piracy" the sooner they will bleed cash out and die. Hopefully. And then maybe the artists will have a fair shot.
I aint got no problem paying for my music and my movies. My problem is who I am paying. And that's what irks me.
What finally shut them up was that they got a percentage of recordable electronic media sold. Blank tapes and such. A sort of sin tax.
The problem here now is, there is no blank media for them to cash in on. Electronic file transfers don't need a VCR tape or a cassette. No way for them to get their pennies in kickback.
I also remember a lot of people being angry way back when because the industry had found a way to make even more money and the artists were the ones still being screwed.
The problem is already fixing it self. Some very smart artists are managing their own music online. They cut the big industry out and charge a small modest fee to download entire albums. I'll gladly fork out the cash for the small time operators.
The sooner we stop supporting the big entertainment industry, even if it means resorting to "piracy" the sooner they will bleed cash out and die. Hopefully. And then maybe the artists will have a fair shot.
I aint got no problem paying for my music and my movies. My problem is who I am paying. And that's what irks me.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."