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Louigi Verona schrieb: > So it does not mean that artists shouldn't be payed - they should. But > there is no need to give them a fortune at > the expense of everybody's freedom. Providing them a living is quite > enough - and that does not require to pay or > even ask permission each time one of the 5 billion people of our planet > decides to use a piece of their work. If you are in a situation as artist where you hardly or not at all make a living, and someone else is making a fortune with your music this doesn't sound like a viable solution... In your statement your assumption is that an artist is making a fortune. which is only true for a infinite small amount of artists. Unfortunately the associations which are in charge of protecting the rights of artists almost solely protect those which make a fortune, its all about money its nothing about art and their creators... > I would say that as a decision one should credit the author if possible > - if the work is commercial you should credit the > author if you know who the author is. That would provide him with enough > attention and that attention would be quite enough, I believe. As artist I can decide to do so (see creative commons) but this is up to the artist. I could imagine to legally free art from its protection according to its public success and visibility. There are pieces of music which become an integral part of a culture like the "happy birthday" song (not free yet). The obligation to ask and pay for such a thing is absurd, especially as its popularity is not related to its internal quality. But I have no idea at all how to establish something like that. I'd also shorten the time the copyright is valid radically. And I would give the owners of inherited rights much less control over the whole process than the original creators. Within the Gema, the original composers are a minority, as the publishers and those who speak for already dead composers have more votes by design... Stefan -- Les Ondes Mémorielles---------x-- --_____-----------|-----------|-- --(_|_ ----|\-----|-----()------- -- _|_)----|-----()-------------- ----------()----------TJ Shredder