[pp.int.general] cultural flatrate: PP position?

[pietro]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:46:43AM +0200, pp at christian-hufgard.de wrote:

> > unfortunate fact. If I didn't let you reproduce my words you can't do so.
> 
> Well, if you hadn't done so, I couldn't have read them. :)

Can you please point me to the license I granted you? I agree with you, but the
crazy copyright laws don't. That's why we fight them.

> Thats the part, where the 95 pages of the GEMA money-sharing guide come into the game...
> Which are basically accepted by all GEMA members - and the according companies in other countries.

So, people who disgree with GEMA are excluded from getting money from the tax.
It doesn't seem very fair to me.

> And I do not want, that my mineral tax is used to support the creation of
> anti-personnel mines.

If I proposed a new tax that would be used to make anti-personnel mines would
you support it? I hope not. I don't support your proposed tax.

> I think the society should enforce creation of free contents.

I think that society should support free knowlegde/culture. Enforcing freedom
sound s bit weird.

> And artists have to live from something.

Yes, and the rest of humanity too. And we need to be able to share knowledge
and culture among ourselves.

> Now they could either produce only mainstream stuff, or they can create art -
> which is not than much yieldable - and get support from the state.

I think it is safe to say that most states already do support artists. I agree
with you that this be expanded *and* since they were already paid by taxes to
create their art should be free as in both free speech and free beer.  The same
should happen with scientific research.

pietro

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