Comments on: Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/06/16/canada-fights-for-the-right-of-sony-emi-universal/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mattew http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/06/16/canada-fights-for-the-right-of-sony-emi-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-5007 Mattew Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:33:29 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=910#comment-5007 look, music was made long before companies existed. artist will find a way, most don't even care about making money and most give away a lot of CDs they make. music is art. and not a commodity. if makers of kitsch can go die. look, music was made long before companies existed. artist will find a way, most don’t even care about making money and most give away a lot of CDs they make.
music is art. and not a commodity. if makers of kitsch can go die.

]]> By: The Walrus: Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… : Appropriation Art http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/06/16/canada-fights-for-the-right-of-sony-emi-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-4981 The Walrus: Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… : Appropriation Art Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:30:16 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=910#comment-4981 [...] The Walrus: Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… Chantelle Oliver On Thursday June 12, Canada’s Digital Milliennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Bill C-61 was barfed out of generic politician Jim Prentice’s mouth. It was simultaneously vomit and the sputum of an industry that voraciously profited from inefficient music delivery systems to become the bloated, pussy mess it is today. [...] [...] The Walrus: Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… Chantelle Oliver On Thursday June 12, Canada’s Digital Milliennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Bill C-61 was barfed out of generic politician Jim Prentice’s mouth. It was simultaneously vomit and the sputum of an industry that voraciously profited from inefficient music delivery systems to become the bloated, pussy mess it is today. [...]

]]> By: Larry LeBlanc http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/06/16/canada-fights-for-the-right-of-sony-emi-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-4975 Larry LeBlanc Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:58:40 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=910#comment-4975 Chantelle: There is much to dislike in the new proposed bill, and much that will not work (DRM locks, for example). However, if music is free, when do artists and songwriters get paid? Okay, you might make the argument musicians can still get paid because of gigs, merchandising etc. Okay, but they have to give their wares away first, right? How about songwriters? Many of them do not perform. How do they get paid. They don't sell merch either. How do they get paid for their music they have created? How do music publishers who have staked them and supported them get paid? If you are a singer/songwriter and you want to give your music away for free. That is your right. However, it is also your right to be paid for it if you choose to be paid for it. And I am talkng at the most basc grassroots level as well. Not just arguing the multinational label's argument. I'm under no iillusion about the majors. larry Chantelle: There is much to dislike in the new proposed bill, and much that will not work (DRM locks, for example). However, if music is free, when do artists and songwriters get paid?

Okay, you might make the argument musicians can still get paid because of gigs, merchandising etc. Okay, but they have to give their wares away first, right?

How about songwriters? Many of them do not perform. How do they get paid. They don’t sell merch either. How do they get paid for their music they have created?

How do music publishers who have staked them and supported them get paid?

If you are a singer/songwriter and you want to give your music away for free. That is your right. However, it is also your right to be paid for it if you choose to be paid for it.

And I am talkng at the most basc grassroots level as well. Not just arguing the multinational label’s argument. I’m under no iillusion about the majors.

larry

]]> By: Rethinking Media, Democracy and Citizenship » Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/06/16/canada-fights-for-the-right-of-sony-emi-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-4971 Rethinking Media, Democracy and Citizenship » Canada Fights! for the Right! of Sony, EMI, Universal… Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:59:20 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=910#comment-4971 [...] On Thursday June 12, Canada’s Digital Milliennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Bill C-61 was barfed out of generic politician Jim Prentice’s mouth. It was simultaneously vomit and the sputum of an industry that voraciously profited from inefficient music delivery systems to become the bloated, pussy mess it is today. Read more about it here [...] [...] On Thursday June 12, Canada’s Digital Milliennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Bill C-61 was barfed out of generic politician Jim Prentice’s mouth. It was simultaneously vomit and the sputum of an industry that voraciously profited from inefficient music delivery systems to become the bloated, pussy mess it is today. Read more about it here [...]

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