<div>This is a truly awful idea on so many levels.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We need positive educational approach to bringing people around to the reality of IP - negative, combative ideas like this just create dissent.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Brian McNeil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org">brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 09:12 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:<br>
> What musicians you are talking about concretely? Okay, Metallica would<br>
> match that. Who else?<br>
><br>
> Elton John is one, I think. In the UK there are several prominent<br>
> musicians campaigning to crack down on sharing.<br>
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</div>Cliff Richard is another. But, it isn't just sharing, it's perpetual<br>
copyright by stealth.<br>
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EC Directives to extend the term [1], EFF & ORG given a chance to<br>
present their case against [2].<br>
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[1]<br>
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/term-protection/term-protection_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/term-protection/term-protection_en.htm</a><br>
[2]<br>
<a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lobby_groups_oppose_plans_for_EU_copyright_extension" target="_blank">http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lobby_groups_oppose_plans_for_EU_copyright_extension</a><br>
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