[pp.int.general] Protest certain musicians?

[Christian Hufgard]

Bernhard Schillo wrote:
> Félix Robles schrieb:
>> I can only disagree. Copyright laws are a good idea, they are needed
>> to protect creators. But not all copyright laws are a good idea. We
>> want to protect creators not because we just happen to like them, but
>> because they create cultural products that are a benefit to society.
> I advise you to read about the history of copyright. First laws similar
> to copyright were not invented to pay the creator. They were invented to
> pay the publishers, especially the pressmen. 

Sources please...

> Primary when the first
> copyright was invented (in Germany 1832), then the creators were
> included. 

Sources please. Today I heard, that it was Luther who claimed copyrights.

> Culture before has worked and developed very well without
> copyrights. Copyright has caused, that culture since then has more and
> more been privatized. Culture has the role to teach our children. But
> copyright causes, that culture is produced to earn money, not to teach
> children well. I don't think that copyright is a good idea in general.
> But i agree that if there are copyrights, then the focus should be on
> the creator and the benefit to society, not the publishers.

Culture is made to teach children? Intersting point. Have you ever
produced something, that can be used to tech children something?


Christian