[pp.int.general] Protest certain musicians?

[Boris Turovskiy]

Hi Richard,
> It means society loses the benefit of
> possible modified versions that might be interesting,
> and other artists who want to make them are stifled.
>   
The German Pirate Party has a separate point in its program requiring a 
general relaxation on restrictions that are put onto modifications of 
copyrighted material.
> It is a mistake to judge copyright issues primarily in terms of what
> might be good for the copyright holder.  The issue is what's good for
> the public.
>   
I strongly disagree. It's flawed in the same way like for example "the 
point is not what's good for the businessmen, it is what's good to the 
public" - all such ideas imply that the copyright 
holders/businessmen/employers/whatever are not part of the "public" and 
more, are opposed to it, while in reality any public consists of 
individuals, each of whom has rights and interests that cannot be simply 
dismissed. Some of the most terrible atrocities in human history have 
been committed exactly because the "interest of the public" was 
considered as something independent (and more important) than the 
interests of individuals.

Best regards,
Boris