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RE: [idm] Indie Ethics

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2003-03-12 17:29John Reading RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
└─ 2003-03-12 18:10pixilated RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
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2003-03-12 17:29John Reading> -----Original Message----- > From: pixilated [mailto:pixilated@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG] > > N
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RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
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quoted 10 lines -----Original Message-----> -----Original Message----- > From: pixilated [mailto:pixilated@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG] > > No. Records cost money because records cost you money to produce. It > costs you nothing if someone somehow replicates the music that is > produced when that record is played. The product you are selling when > you sell a record is a RECORD. The "music" isn't even on > there; it is in > the air and in your brain when you play it on a turntable. Otherwise > it's just grooves on vinyl.
sophistry.
quoted 5 lines What I am saying is that it seems strange> What I am saying is that it seems strange > that you could claim sole ownership of the vibrations in the > air that I > experience as music. >
Who claiming this? Entitlement issues with free mp3s has nothing to do with this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
2003-03-12 18:10pixilatedSophistry? The idea of authorial ownership is very much tied up with copyright and the ide
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Sophistry? The idea of authorial ownership is very much tied up with copyright and the idea of a work as an immaterial object. If you don't see how this relates to the issue of free MP3s, you need to think a little harder. -----Original Message----- From: John Reading [mailto:john.reading@us.didata.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:30 PM To: idm@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: [idm] Indie Ethics
quoted 9 lines -----Original Message-----> -----Original Message----- > From: pixilated [mailto:pixilated@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG] > > No. Records cost money because records cost you money to produce. It > costs you nothing if someone somehow replicates the music that is > produced when that record is played. The product you are selling when > you sell a record is a RECORD. The "music" isn't even on there; it is > in the air and in your brain when you play it on a turntable. > Otherwise it's just grooves on vinyl.
sophistry.
quoted 5 lines What I am saying is that it seems strange> What I am saying is that it seems strange > that you could claim sole ownership of the vibrations in the > air that I > experience as music. >
Who claiming this? Entitlement issues with free mp3s has nothing to do with this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org