Comments on: Defeatist dreaming http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike Linksvayer » Wikimedia advertising (soft) drive http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-96607 Mike Linksvayer » Wikimedia advertising (soft) drive Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:19:50 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-96607 [...] Defeatist dreaming [...] [...] Defeatist dreaming [...]

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-43693 Mike Linksvayer Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:11:08 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-43693 Luis, well said in many fewer words! :) Luis, well said in many fewer words! :)

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-43691 Mike Linksvayer Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:10:35 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-43691 Deborah, are you commenting on the wrong post? Anyway, "no incentive if no financial compensation" is a radical and untenable position. No songs would be written if songwriters could not monetize songs? No songs get written for fun, love, passion, politics, art? "No financial compensation without copyright" is also radical and untenable, though it may hold more truth for songwriters who do nothing other than write songs than most artists. On another track,, "protecting copyright" does not mean that more restrictive copyright is always a good thing, even for professional songwriters. Deborah, are you commenting on the wrong post?

Anyway, “no incentive if no financial compensation” is a radical and untenable position. No songs would be written if songwriters could not monetize songs? No songs get written for fun, love, passion, politics, art?

“No financial compensation without copyright” is also radical and untenable, though it may hold more truth for songwriters who do nothing other than write songs than most artists.

On another track,, “protecting copyright” does not mean that more restrictive copyright is always a good thing, even for professional songwriters.

]]> By: Deborah Evans http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-43637 Deborah Evans Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:44:03 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-43637 Protecting copyright is what encourages more creation. Songwriters need to be compensated for what they are writing, or they would have no incentive to continue. Please think a little harder about your position and what it actually means in the long run for creativity. Protecting copyright is what encourages more creation. Songwriters need to be compensated for what they are writing, or they would have no incentive to continue. Please think a little harder about your position and what it actually means in the long run for creativity.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-42536 Luis Villa Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:09:06 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/10/22/defeatist-dreaming/#comment-42536 Amen. One should spend money on things that encourage more creation, not the creation itself, generally speaking. (That said, a defensive patent warchest would be nice. :) Amen. One should spend money on things that encourage more creation, not the creation itself, generally speaking.

(That said, a defensive patent warchest would be nice. :)

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