[pp.int.general] Protest certain musicians?

[Ed Galligan]

This is a truly awful idea on so many levels.

Firstly, on principle, we should be protesting the "industry" exclusively.
Regardless of individual artists' opinions, they are not the ones actively
cracking down on sharing and profiting from anti-piracy litigation. Nor are
they in any way the architects of the current system.

Secondly, on a pragmatic level - imagine turning up at any concert with an
audience full of fans and attempting to protest the one person they are
*devoted* enough to to pay to come and see live. Hardly the ideal approach.

We need positive educational approach to bringing people around to the
reality of IP - negative, combative ideas like this just create dissent.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Brian McNeil
<brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org>wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 09:12 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > What musicians you are talking about concretely? Okay, Metallica would
> >     match that. Who else?
> >
> > Elton John is one, I think.  In the UK there are several prominent
> > musicians campaigning to crack down on sharing.
>
> Cliff Richard is another. But, it isn't just sharing, it's perpetual
> copyright by stealth.
>
> EC Directives to extend the term [1], EFF & ORG given a chance to
> present their case against [2].
>
>
>
>
> [1]
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> http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/term-protection/term-protection_en.htm
> [2]
>
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lobby_groups_oppose_plans_for_EU_copyright_extension
>
>
>
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