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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
After my last post I thought I would look a little bit at the history of Copyright. In doing so I came across the site below. It has some interesting information about the history of copyright.
But please note the article is a polemic, but is very interesting, as is the discussion in the comments after the article. It is a few years old now but could have been written today.
http://questioncopyright.org/promise |
Interesting, but not entirely accurate. I know a few musicians who get a decent check every couple of months because of copyright and licensing. It pays the bills for quite a few mid-tier authors as well. Yes, most local musicians have multiple revenue streams (teaching, live performances, cd's, residuals) but if you take away the residuals, it can make a big difference.
I don't disagree with the over all point that copyright is mostly oriented towards distribution and the few big sellers, rather than the vast majority of authors.