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offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-06-04 03:24 [#00248656]
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this is my topic for my english media isu (its like a big
project, essay, actually, that i have to write)

im doing both freedom as in:

you can say whatever the FUCK(bushisamoron) you want,
and share ur views, however zany they are, and (obviously),
have access to other people's opinions, views.....
since u dont have to be ritch to make a webpage (unlike
owning a tv station)

ALSO:

the way media on the internet is FREE in the monetary sense

FREE mp3s
FREE information (goodbye magazines)

you get it.....

ANYWAYS: (heres the important part)
its hard to find information on these issues... i know
theres tons out there, its just hard to actually find in a
search engine

i know a bunch of u guys are (obviously) into free music,
and have posted links to sites concerning freedom of music
especially
any links/info/books, whatever would be GREATLY
appreciated!!!

(while we're on the issue..... what do u think about this?)


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-06-04 03:25 [#00248658]
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hehe..... "ritch"
pleez excuse my spelin eyem in a hury


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-06-04 03:28 [#00248662]
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where isn't there freedom on the net?


 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2002-06-04 03:52 [#00248676]
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I believe in freedom on the net, but I also believe in
intellectual property rights.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-06-04 03:55 [#00248679]
Points: 3301 Status: Lurker | Followup to pachi: #00248662



Off the top of my head - China and the United Arab
Emirates.

They both run Internet gateways with filtering capability.
I'm sure there are more.


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-06-04 03:58 [#00248681]
Points: 3840 Status: Lurker | Followup to AMinal: #00248656



don't forget...

FREE TALKAGE!!!!!

YOU CAN TALK TO ANYONE!!!!!


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-06-04 04:04 [#00248683]
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RESOURCES PEOPLE!!!!!
i need RESOURCES!!!!!!

c'mon..... u guys must have some good websites about the
issue...
i KNOW there are all kinds of orginizations dedicated to
free mp3s, that sort of thing, ive seen the very well done
websites myself..... from links from THIS messageboard...

check ur favourites!

regarding intellectual property...... i dunno...
the idea of "OWNING" anything (any kind of property) is
pretty stupid imo.....
but especially intellectual property (ie: music and ideas
and knowlege)

give credit where credit is due... and dont use other
people's ideas and claim that they are yours!

but to actually OWN a thought... its like:

hey!
come back with that idea! u didn't pay for that!

or...

give me back the vibrations in that air!
u didn't pay!


 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2002-06-04 04:20 [#00248695]
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We need incentives for people to create, and to be
creative.

Before we get into this discussion are you only talking
about artistic intellectual property? Art/Music/Text?

What about science and technology?

"dont use other people's ideas and claim they are yours"

Is that on faith? Or is it a law?


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-06-04 04:33 [#00248712]
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"We need incentives for people to create, and to be
creative. "

if ur motivation for being creative (making music for
example) is MAKING MONEY..... then you shouldn't be doing
it

then ur producing a product, not making art

"dont take other people's ideas and claim they are yours"

i meant its one thing to download Music is Rotted One
Note......

its another to claim that i produced it

its an idea... i cant "steal" ur idea (or information,
including music)... beacuse u dont lose anything when i do
its not like im TAKING something from you... you know what i
mean?

information, and intellectual property (the information
contained in a book u wrote), is very different from
physical property (jewelry, whatever)

they should not be treated the same way under the law when
it comes to ownership and theft
i think u see what i mean.. (whether u agree or not).....
that information/ideas/music can be shared in a way that
physical objects cannot, and so the same rules of ownership
cannot apply

the dali lama doesn't loose anything when i learnt his ideas
which i didn't pay for in the form of a book
they can be shared


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-04 04:34 [#00248715]
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Book: SONIC BOOM - Great background text to the Napster
story & P2P...only just published so should be up to
date(ish)...left my copy at work but you should be able to
find easily at amazon...



 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2002-06-04 04:53 [#00248729]
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"if ur motivation for being creative (making music for
example) is MAKING MONEY..... then you shouldn't be doing
it"

I disagree, money doesn't necesarily mean fast cars and
gucci suits, it sometimes means putting dinner on the table.
Some people's creative output puts them in a position where
they are unable to earn a working wage, should they starve?
Or should they quit their art? If music, for your example,
is free, they need to make a living.

"...its another to claim that i produce it"

I'm not talking about changing the name of the MP3's to
Xanatos - Music is Rotted One Note, I'm asking if it should
be legal for me to burn copies of it and sell them to my
friends for $5? Nevermind legal, is it moral? Should I be
able to send them the mp3s for $5? Should I be able to bind
an e-book and sell copies of them?

"The dali lama"

Well the dali lama is kind of a bad example because he is a
devout bhuddist, but certain people do loose when you don't
pay them for their services, be it from their physical or
intellectual services. Is an expert financial consultant's
opinion valueless in terms of $$$ because all he is giving
you is ideas?

And you didn't answer my 'before we get into this question'
bit

"Before we get into this discussion are you only talking
about artistic intellectual property? Art/Music/Text?

What about science and technology? "


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-04 05:52 [#00248779]
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Random 5:45sam thoughts:...(ie do ya own homework you lazy
f*** ;)...

The music industry has had it too good for too long....

The rising cost of CD's to the gen public whilst
manufacturing costs came down kinda stuck in a lot of people
throat I think...

You only need a small amount of resentment towards RCs and
the moral qualms about copying IP is out of mind...

Small specialist genres potentially have the most to lose as
they involve smaller indie labels...but as these aren't
generally considered greedy monsters, people seem to have no
problem in obtaining MP3s and buying the finished product
(I'm thinking of us here in IDM land really with the above
but I guess it's true for most sub-genres with smaller, more
committed audiences).

And with the net you begin to wonder exactly what a Record
Company means anymore...the net cuts out the middleman
(disintermediation...you'll get extra marks for including
that word ;), in this case the record
company/distributor...if artists could somehow find a way to
get money directly from consumers for MP3s then yeah, what's
the need for record companies?...why should they take such a
huge %?...

See if you can find Coutney Loves famous speech about
Napster & Record companies ...lots of info there...

And the recent RIAA presidents speech about MP3s killing the
industry (he's now resigned...mmmm)...great up-to-date info
there (was only a month or so ago...)...



 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-06-04 22:02 [#00250035]
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Xanatos:
no, they shouldn't quit their "art"
but if they are coming up with advertising slogans in
exchange for money.. then thats more of a service, isn't it
art is the expression of oneself.. or the creation of
something meant to provoke emotions, or that is beautiful,
or whatever, for its own sake

copying music and SELLING it (making money off someone
else's) are very different
ive never sold someone elses music... and im not saying we
should

i just meant that MOST information CAN be shared without
loss to the... uh.... sharing party
and as long as there is no loss involved then there is no
reason not to share it

an accountant is different
an accountant analyzing ur situation, and the situation of
the economy and then suggesting what to do with ur money is
a service

and yes, we're talking about intellectual property......
technological patents are a special case... ur taking
someones ability to make money

even there..... i dont think there should be ownership
the only case in which sharing of intellectual property can
"hurt" people is when it affects their other 'ownings' (ie
money, objects, etc)
the idea of ownership in any case is pretty stupid imo....

and yes, i realize im being an idealistic, niave hippy
which i am not



 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-06-04 22:04 [#00250040]
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anyone have any links?
specially about sencorship or the mp3 issue?


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-06-04 22:07 [#00250044]
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in britain, in a state of emergency, the phonelines can all
be turned off (except for special pre-registered numbers
(police, military &TC)) -- which would cut off most people's
internet access...

...also, i expect the ISPs have the power to censor us --
depends how heavy the governments get i guess -- how much
pressure they begin to exert, how much money they use to
bribe...and other cynical thoughts


 


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