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 Paulo writes: >Let's force everybody to use the due (monopoly-controlled) >distribution channels. >Have fun Big Brother I hope not because I am having fun. It is just that there are some who really do make a living doing it just as some here make money on books. Instead of the pre-PICS arguments where some wanted to be able to do anything to anyone anytime just because as programmers, they could get away with it, or as Grateful Dead prophets, they felt entitled, let's try a different tact. We have this neat technology called XML that lets us specify in content, or the message wrapper what the rights are with regard to the content. That is all a copyright on a package enables so the same level of protection is provided, but no guarantor. Copyright always has meant the owner is responsible for enforcement. All the government does is register a claim. This is what the debate is all about: can the system of distribution administer the copyright and ensure payment? This is a lot better than what performance rights societies do to get money today. Can we say, goons? A Napster-like system that knows how many copies are out there ought to be able to establish when some level of fair use has been established. Napster-like system owners can make deals with artists to enable direct payments. Cut out the middle men by atrophy who add no value to the product. Look at it this way; if 85 cents a copy were remitted to the artist, they would be in better shape than they are today and we could avoid requiring an army of armbreakers who take a percentage. It would be cheaper than what you pay for that CD. Getting away from the BigBrother system is on every artists' agenda. They redefined what a work for hire was and deprived the artists of the ability to hold certain ownership rights as well as be able to pass these on to their heirs. Believe me, a better deal has to be made somewhere and Napster-like systems with fair dinkum clauses may be a godsend to the artists. Courtney Love did a great article (surprisingly articulate) on this subject but I don't have the URL available. She makes good points on the current systems and what the Napster-like systems could do to improve the problems. The essence is not to deprive anyone of their rightful ownership, nor to restrict innovative means of distribution. The last thing the artist wants is to keep the material from the public. The next to first thing they want is to be paid for their work equitably. What can XML do to meet the legitimate requirements of that community? Len http://fly.hiwaay.net/~cbullard/lensongs.ram Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h 
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