How many Elvis’s, Beatles, Mariahs, Spielbergs, Bruckheimers and so on would never realize their potential because they couldn’t make enough money to survive? How many great works of art would we as society lose because society didn’t care to support the artist? Sad but it can happen if copyright laws are rolled back. So you haven’t just stolen from the artist, you’ve stolen from society when that artist gives up and takes a job washing dishes or driving truck because they can’t survive on their art any longer. That means the world loses the richness an artist brings to the world through sharing their creative gifts. If all an artist has to look forward to is to make a work, sell it once and then suddenly it becomes “free” because there are no copyright laws (or everyone steals it as now happens), that artist will soon give up making original works. Without an incentive to innovate and create new works, our world would be pretty ugly, boring and grey to say the least. Our founding fathers in this country made copyright law specifically to encourage continued innovation and artistic expression because IT ENRICHES OUR PEOPLE AND OUR WORLD to have inventions, works of art and music being made in every generation and by artists who devote their lives to their work.

Is to give artists incentive to continue to make original creations by allowing them to make a living from their work.

After all, if you’re outside, it is a “public performance.” Shouldn’t they be encouraging more people to sing along with their favorite tunes? Next thing you know they’ll start going after those of you who sing outloud as you listen to your iPods. Not that the recording industry is known for their “big picture” thinking, but this seems fairly shortsighted. It’s probably a coincidence, but perhaps the industry has suddenly decided that it’s simply not squeezing enough money out of people singing along badly to songs they enjoy and has decided to start cracking down on “rogue” karaoke providers.

However, then Michael Geist pointed out that similar charges have been filed at some clubs in Canada. By itself, this didn’t necessarily seem postworthy. Apparently, industry lawyers actually bothered to hire a private investigator to go to the pub and write down the songs being sung. Fri, Jul 28th 2006 07:20pm - Mike MasnickĮarlier this week, Aaron deOliveira pointed to the news that the music industry was going after a pub in Syracuse, NY for having a karaoke night and not paying the related performance fees (the pub claims that only five songs in the rotation were on the list of complaints).

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