____/ Mark Kent on Friday 24 August 2007 19:25 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Software tool promises 1-click colonialism
>>
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>>| 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.
>> `----
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>> 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.
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