Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 24 August 2007 19:25 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Software tool promises 1-click colonialism
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| The music industry has a long and shameful history of robbing black artists
>>>| of their rights. Now along comes some new software that will help speed up
>>>| the job. Think of it as a sort of 1-Click "non-payment" system.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/20/one_click_colonialism/
>>>
>>> More lost identity.
>>>
>>
>> Well, hardly... The music industry has been robbing /all/ artists for
>> generations. Only a small handful have ever made any money, and those
>> are the ones which got themselves good agents, managers and lawyers.
>
> Yes, and then you have musicians who /themselves/ turned into agents (example:
> Puff Dadday (Sean Combs) and Bad Boys Productions) to either resolve these
> problems or keep the benefits to themselves.
>
>> The creative commons licence is an interesting step forward here,
>> because at least it's open and visible. Anyone using a licence without
>> understanding it, though, probably deserves what they get.
>>
>> Quite how it's possible to blame all this on OLPC is a bit beyond me,
>> though!
>
> The Reg. They'll find something controversial to say. They always do.
>
Yeah - I suppose it gets them page hits. At least they have the gonies
to stand up to the corrupt giants, though.
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