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From: dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz (Dale Gold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Upload of WenWeMakeLuv on...ucsd.edu
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Date: 1 Jan 91 12:06:33 GMT
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Quoted from <...unknown> by lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips):
> In <2055@beguine.UUCP>, Viet.Ho@samba.acs.unc.edu (Viet Ho) writes:
> >
> >This brings up a question about copyrights however.   What's
> >the difference between sampling a piece of music and say, scanning
> >in images from say, a poster, book, or an animation from
> >"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"??
> 
> The main difference is in how actively the copyright owners protect their
> rights. The music industry is near fanatical in this regard.

Yes we are. :-) I suppose the music industry has had a couple hundred 
years more experience with copyright infringement than the computer
industry and has had more time to see the effects & find ways of dealing
with them. Musicians probably also have the advantage of organisations like
ASCAP, which has been defending the rights of composers (and probably
making quite a few bucks off them in the process).  By its nature, ASCAP
used to wield a lot more clout than any individual publisher, although this
has probably changed in the days of Mega-buck recording companies.

Computer users probably form a somewhat more responsible user-base, too.
It doesn't take a great intellect to realise that if our software suppliers
go bust, we'll soon be up the creek without a paddle. Pinch some music, and
there will always be more music.

Realisticaly, I imagine that most companies would view sound samples and
animations on a computer network as free advertising, but as the quality
and size of samples/anims improve due to better hardware & storage media,
they will start to take notice of these things.
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