http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/#comment-99338 Mike Linksvayer » Does copyright incentivize creativity? Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:20:14 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/#comment-99338 [...] obvious, so completely ignored by [...] [...] obvious, so completely ignored by [...]

]]> http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/#comment-97918 gurdonark Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:52:09 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/#comment-97918 I favor a simple solution for music. Just make as much CC music as possible, and then, for good measure, make PD music as well. I favor a simple solution for music. Just make as much CC music as possible, and then, for good measure, make PD music as well.

]]> http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/#comment-97824 duckett Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:14:12 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/02/25/sanfran-musictech-summit/#comment-97824 Most people no longer possess the extraordinary ability of memorization that existed before the spread of reading and writing; does this mean that humankind has been diminished somehow? The spread of writing was lamented by some- I see a similar pseudocrisis arising with regards to the digitization of information and copyright law. Of course I'd love to make sure I was compensated for original content, and I'd love to make a living at it; but would song titles like "Party Like A Rock Star" exist, if there wasn't a strictly 20th-century industry that is desperate to insure the party doesn't stop? How much does a Monkees lunchbox go for on Ebay? The urge to create won't go away, and thousands of great ideas are lost every day, with the deaths of the only individuals aware of them. Just because the technology behind the Internet is a far more capable archival tool for masses of otherwise unknowns, doesn't mean either that these unknowns didn't exist in the past, or somehow deserve a greater claim for more attention than they would have otherwise gotten. It will all even out in the end; it seems much ado about nothing to me. Most people no longer possess the extraordinary ability of memorization that existed before the spread of reading and writing; does this mean that humankind has been diminished somehow? The spread of writing was lamented by some- I see a similar pseudocrisis arising with regards to the digitization of information and copyright law. Of course I’d love to make sure I was compensated for original content, and I’d love to make a living at it; but would song titles like “Party Like A Rock Star” exist, if there wasn’t a strictly 20th-century industry that is desperate to insure the party doesn’t stop? How much does a Monkees lunchbox go for on Ebay? The urge to create won’t go away, and thousands of great ideas are lost every day, with the deaths of the only individuals aware of them. Just because the technology behind the Internet is a far more capable archival tool for masses of otherwise unknowns, doesn’t mean either that these unknowns didn’t exist in the past, or somehow deserve a greater claim for more attention than they would have otherwise gotten. It will all even out in the end; it seems much ado about nothing to me.

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