Beware though that the US court system do not agree with the dog essay. Adam did not write most of those songs and thus you will also need to secure permission from the composer (or pay ASCAP fees or whatever the procedure is for the kind of work you want to make).
Longer reply coming in a day or two when I've had time & energy to wade through the rhetoric analogies in that essay. - Andreas Den 02.07.2007 kl. 20:49 skrev David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Excellent. Much appreciated. > > I'll care for them and treat them as though they were made of the > finest crystal. Maybe, on a hot summer evening, I might just call one > of them Fred. > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Free as in liberty and the natural state of man, not price. They > actually >> cost $4.30 each. >> >> Them's just jokes. Use em as you see fit. I'd be honored to hear them in >> your video, and those songs aren't mine to sell. >> >> On 7/2/07, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > When you say "free lo-fi music by me", is that free as in I can use >> > your music without remuneration to you? >> > >> > Not trying to sound like a prick. I like your tunes and could find use >> > for them in a few videos I have planned. >> > >> > David >> > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com >> > >> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Quirk, Wreck & Salvage" >> > <quirk@> wrote: >> > > >> > > Back in town, re-reading the Podtech v. Bui thread. I just want to >> > talk a >> > > little more about copyright and the "ownership" of art, as I felt >> > compelled >> > > to scratch Mr. Rice's mosquito bite about being "trollish" ;) I >> > don't mean >> > > to start an argument here, I just need to understand how people feel >> > about >> > > the things they are making, and I want you all to understand how > I feel. >> > > >> > > A friend of mine wrote an essay on music a couple years ago > called The >> > > History of What My Dog Can't Hear: >> > > >> > > http://www.geartekcorporation.com/texts/essay2.html >> > > >> > > The essay is about changing the way we perceive music, and accepting >> > it as >> > > something that is not ownable: >> > > >> > > The ownership or authorship of anything is a deception, surely. But >> > I take >> > > > no issue with the ownership of objects in the world, like a broom >> > or a drum >> > > > for example. Music however, is a thing not in the world, and the >> > present >> > > > deception of its ownability places limits on our consciousness. My >> > > > motivation here is not to sell iPods. If this near biblical >> > manifesto-mill >> > > > can be accused of having any agenda at all, it is merely to > assist an >> > > > already rising consciousness. Neither are these paragraphs >> > commandments or a >> > > > bugle call to what we need to realize or do. We didn't need to be >> > able to >> > > > hear tone in music or need to be aware of its color - it's just >> > the way >> > > > music is happening to us, rising on a path like the moon. Some >> > astronomers >> > > > can predict the path of the moon, and surely artists are those >> > astronomers. >> > > > I understand those who are skeptical or scoff at this as > pompous and >> > > > irrelevant. After all, when you look at the moon, the moon looks >> > still. >> > > >> > > >> > > He feels the same way about music as I do about my videos, and at >> > the end he >> > > says, EXTRA CREDIT: Re-read this entire essay but replace the word >> > "music" >> > > with the word "images." >> > > >> > > Re-reading it I realized that I unconsciously lifted metaphor >> > directly from >> > > him. Blatant plagiarism! I've already informed him and a check is >> > in the >> > > mail. >> > > >> > > Because music is a matter of shifting consciousness and not worldly >> > sound, a >> > > > person can't claim to own or control music any more than they can >> > claim to >> > > > own or control a quadrant of mist over a lake. >> > > >> > > >> > > PS. Here is a free album of amazing midi-synthesizer and home-made >> > > electronic instrument music by the author of that essay: >> > > http://www.geartekcorporation.com/slowdudes/slowdudes.html >> > > >> > > And some free lo-fi music by me: >> > > http://standards.bullemhead.com/ >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Adam Quirk >> > > Wreck & Salvage >> > > 551.208.4644 >> > > Brooklyn, NY >> > > http://wreckandsalvage.com >> > > >> > > >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Adam Quirk >> Wreck & Salvage >> 551.208.4644 >> Brooklyn, NY >> http://wreckandsalvage.com >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ >
