Comments on: ASCAP Continues Its War on Free Culture

By: BoB

BoB — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:00:33 +0000

u suck

By: Mrs.Jones

Mrs.Jones — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:00:02 +0000

How dothey find music affensive

By: Open Licensed Music Movement Gathers Momentum In Germany

Open Licensed Music Movement Gathers Momentum In Germany — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:41:37 +0000

[...] the open license movement is gathering steam was when ASCAP attacked Creative Commons not once, but twice. It certainly says a lot when a movement gets this kind of attention from such a well-known [...]

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:16:25 +0000

“Their mission is to spread the word that our music should be free.”
How dare the ASCAP put words in our mouth!

By: Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:01:02 +0000

Very nice post!

By: StormNinja

StormNinja — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:55:34 +0000

Earlier this month Slashdot presented a article regarding how some people choose to believe a particular issue is factual esp after being shown that it is not and become entrenched in that belief. It comes as no surprise, to me, ASCAP would continue to wage war on Free Culture.

This is a link to the Slashdot article: http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/07/14/1235220/Given-Truth-the-Misinformed-Believe-Lies-More

By: Blixx

Blixx — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:57:18 +0000

The whole idea of copyrights is completely outdated and ludicrous. What if every worker insisted on being paid multiple times for a job they did 30 years ago? Should a typist get paid for every letter she typed every time that document gets backed up or included in a new publication? Should a firefighter get paid royalties on every fire he put out for the next 50 years? Should a mechanic get paid royalties on every brake job?

Copyrights made sense a few hundred years ago when an author sold his own books, books were expensive and time-consuming to make, and authors had to bear the cost of publishing and distributing themselves. Even software has reasonable expiration – the computers go obsolete, and the operating systems change. Music too, becomes obsolete, as tastes and styles change. Copyrights should last no more than five years with everything else going to the public domain.

Music companies should stop blaming low sales on piracy. Low sales figures are exclusively the fault of the record/movie companies in not offering what people want to listen to and watch. It’s apparent if you listen to the Billboard top 100 for each of the last 30 years. Back in the 1970′s nearly every song had a different style, but today the focus is on groups that all sound alike trying to fit a cookie-cutter mold. The search for money has replaced good music.