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Iphinome · 06-14-2010, 10:01 PM

I posted it to show what industry people are really saying. Trotting out people in a symphony who draw a salary and get probably a tiny amount of royalties from sold music truth be told given the market for such material and the fact that it would be divided up among 100 people and then claim a shorter copyright would rob them of their retirement. Everyone else need to set aside retirement money, pay into a pension stuff like that but the number 3 cellist will starve on the street if copyright is only 50 years!

So yes I want to shoot what he said down, I want people to see how absurd some of that stuff is. I want to win converts for copyright reform so they can write their lawmakers and at least try to bring some balance back. I want pepperland to be free but I'm not sure that last part will work out.

06-14-2010, 10:01 PM	#14
Iphinome Paladin of Eris Posts: 3,119 Karma: 20849349 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: USAland Device: Kindle 10	I posted it to show what industry people are really saying. Trotting out people in a symphony who draw a salary and get probably a tiny amount of royalties from sold music truth be told given the market for such material and the fact that it would be divided up among 100 people and then claim a shorter copyright would rob them of their retirement. Everyone else need to set aside retirement money, pay into a pension stuff like that but the number 3 cellist will starve on the street if copyright is only 50 years! So yes I want to shoot what he said down, I want people to see how absurd some of that stuff is. I want to win converts for copyright reform so they can write their lawmakers and at least try to bring some balance back. I want pepperland to be free but I'm not sure that last part will work out.