[pp.int.general] The Songwriters Association of Canada endorsesfilesharing legalization

[mauk]

> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:13:16 +0100
> From: Wybo Wiersma

> [...]
> > First, the proposal fails to answer the most basic question:
> >
> > WHO is going to be compensated FOR WHAT and WHY?
>
> A fair system for that is possible, [...]

i don't think so. because fair is relative. someone thinks, that
something is fair, someone else thinks, it's unfair.

> [...]
> > I see a bunch of people saying "We are starting to understand that the world
> > has changed. But we still like money. Therefore, in order to make sure we
> > get money, we would like the ability to tax the public."
>
> I am sorry, but just like with other commons like roads, they don't
> drop from the sky spontaneously, and even if they do to some extent
> (amateur artists), we might have more of it coming if people have a
> decent chance of a fair income...
>
> (especially as research and creativity become more and more central
> to our society and economy... and thus professionalize...)

what's fair :)? what's an fair income?


mauk (from germany)