Sorry for the delay in replying but I had to go earn my living.
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Following that logic, all famous guitarists producing original music and making money off it should be paying their former guitar teachers royalties. Is that what you mean?
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No. I only meant that part of the post as a joke along the lines of the "sing along to the
radio"-joke posted earlier by 6string.
The Clapton-Broonzy bit was a joke statement as well along the same line.
While I was at work I thought about some of your statements in this post. Especially the ones saying lyrics shouldn´t be copyrighted. How about texts in books then? They are also just words like the lyrics in songs.
This is not a real question you have to answer. It is more a thing to think about.
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the thing I think you are being naive about is not knowing that most well known artists are bound up in contracts with publishers
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You´re right. I hadn´t thought about that. I grew up in the aftermath of the hippie era and sometimes that dreamworld get´s the better of me. "In a perfect nirvana world....and all that
Still sometimes you might just get lucky if you ask them.
And if you think I betrayed your ideals a little bit yesterday by siding with the MAN I can only say:
I have a business education and sometimes my tie blocks the blood flow to my brain a little.
No, this is not the first time I have read arguments like yours about copyright and I grew a little tired of hearing the same tired clichees so I decided to try and tease you a little and at the same time try to give you a business persons view of the whole thing. Reading these discussions about copyright is a bit like going to a linux forum and reading cuzzwords about microsoft and how they stole the internet. It gets tired after a while and nobody ever tries to see the other side of things.
And finally I wanted you to stop making bad excuses for yourselves when you break the copyright law. Open your eyes and see it for what i really is and if you disagree with the laws change them.
Dont just fire up the same tired old clichees that sound more like rationalisations and bad excuses for your unlawful behaviour. The guys who made the copyright laws work for you because you put them in office when you voted for them. In fact by voting for them you helped make the laws you now hate.
Anyway, be nice. Have to go...Alias is on.