Comments on: Apple and EMI announce DRM-free music on iTunes! http://nextlust.com/apple-and-emi-to-announce-drm-free-music what's next in gadgets and tech Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:36:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: LoPhatt http://nextlust.com/apple-and-emi-to-announce-drm-free-music#comment-881 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:15:27 +0000 http://nextlust.com/apple-and-emi-to-announce-drm-free-music#comment-881 This is the same fight that spreads from cable TV to 'free to air' satellite TV, from music copyright laws, to owning the airwaves. We should have more of a say as an audience, without an audience they would have to rethink their position. But we don't, the general public has no rights in this situation except being subjected to laws written on behalf of giant corporations. In the long run the only losers are you and me. These creations are a part of our culture, the notion they own any and all resemblance of their work is a notion of their own design. We need to copy and to simulate past creations to advance our culture, coping or imitation is the dearest form of flattery, and the best way to learn. The laws need to be rewritten with cultural appeal and artistic freedoms rather than stifling the creative mind putting locks on access to ones culture. This is the same fight that spreads from cable TV to ‘free to air’ satellite TV, from music copyright laws, to owning the airwaves. We should have more of a say as an audience, without an audience they would have to rethink their position. But we don’t, the general public has no rights in this situation except being subjected to laws written on behalf of giant corporations. In the long run the only losers are you and me. These creations are a part of our culture, the notion they own any and all resemblance of their work is a notion of their own design. We need to copy and to simulate past creations to advance our culture, coping or imitation is the dearest form of flattery, and the best way to learn. The laws need to be rewritten with cultural appeal and artistic freedoms rather than stifling the creative mind putting locks on access to ones culture.

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