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Sep. 30th, 2010 03:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sathor"In an age of digital media, any attempt to crack down on the free spread of data is ludicrous. To be quite frank, it is ridiculous anyone thinks that their music has value beyond what people are willing to pay for it in any given instance. Because there are no fees associated with reproduction of data in this age, there is no longer a reason to force individuals to pay for it. This is not going to change - get over it. Labels sucked dry artists innumerable in the past and now they are whining - you say the artists get hurt, I say the artists get heard by a much larger base of people (and this is what's important with regards to art - it's not income, unless you're a blood sucker yourself.) Artificial control of (infinite) supply is not an excuse for forcing payment for digital media, nor is it an excuse for enacting legislation to prevent the free spread of information. Neither is your hard work and effort. Price for a particular good throughout all time has been determined by supply and demand. Do you really expect the government to step in to enforce this "natural law", when we finally have a tool that bypasses it?
Even if the law is passed, there will only be ever more individuals working on keeping as much information and as many tools as possible completely free on the internet. If we can't have an egalitarian society because of greed, inheritance and lack of upward mobility, there are many of us who will make sure the internet stays so, and becomes ever more so."
Even if the law is passed, there will only be ever more individuals working on keeping as much information and as many tools as possible completely free on the internet. If we can't have an egalitarian society because of greed, inheritance and lack of upward mobility, there are many of us who will make sure the internet stays so, and becomes ever more so."
