OK. I’ve taken my protonix but also added “arbiter of what can be posted to the lute list” to my list.
> On Aug 5, 2016, at 7:05 AM, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Danny: > > We try our best to only post things that are in some way lute-related > on this list. Since this isn't the appropriate forum to respond in > detail to your amusingly dyspeptic diatribe, we'll respond in detail on > our blog. > > RA > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> on behalf > of Daniel Shoskes <kidneykut...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 10:47 AM > To: Ron Andrico > Cc: Lute List > Subject: [LUTE] Re: New blog post > > Well, in your rather ridiculous analogy, the consequences of amateur > access to transplants would be graft loss and death. People would pay > for the more expensive option to live. People can also tell the > difference between "hey look what I can do" amateur performances on > youtube and professionals and are willing to pay the professionals for > their concerts and recordings. And if they can't tell the difference, > they can't. Such a person likely wouldn't have sought out one of your > concerts or CDs anyway. > So, you have claimed on your blog to be the ultimate arbiter of HIP > performance, what should be played and in what order, who is qualified > to play it, how society should reimburse for it, what modern rep is > acceptable to play and now good vs evil. Since you like to bring > politics into your blog posts, this sounds like one of the current US > candidates for president (hint: the one that doesn't wear pantsuits (in > public)). > If someone posts your recordings without your consent on youtube, have > them taken down. If you don't like the reimbursement scheme for ads on > your videos don't use the ads, or learn how to leverage a youtube > channel to promote your career as many have done or don't use youtube. > Use vimeo. Boycott youtube. Post videos on your own site behind a > paywall. If you prefer surgical analogies, stop constantly whining > about the knife sticking in your leg. Pull it out and stitch up the > wound. >> On Aug 4, 2016, at 7:17 PM, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Thanks for your response, Danny. This issue does not have such > direct relevance to the lute and its music as Martin's excellent > essay. But it matters because I think it is not an exaggeration that > probably every lute enthusiast on this list visits Youtube on a > frequent if not regular basis. It can be the source of enjoyment and a > source of information. But Youtube is also a platform that ultimately > runs roughshod over independent artists and diminishes their ability to > make a living from their valuable work. >> >> I suspect you may have misconstrued the intent of our post - we > weren't asking for money, but rather pointing out that Google/Youtube > is indeed evil, and they are really enabling the enormous scale of > piracy and copyright violation that's currently going on via Youtube. > The fact is, Google/Youtube makes piles of money off the traffic > regardless of whether copyright is honored or if it is not, so they > have no inclination to care one way or the other. And like many other > facets of modern life, the commonly understood explanation of a given > situation differs greatly from reality, and the average person is > disinclined to care if it doesn't affect them directly. >> >> Imagine a not-to-distant future where some Uber-type service markets > kidney transplants in your own home, and they outsource the service to > the hordes of under-qualified medical students clamoring to have a > chance to practice their craft. The hospital is no longer relevant, and > the fee for slicing and dicing is driven way down. Details like > sanitation and standards of expertise are tossed out the window because > the entire experience is all about disruption of the norm and low-cost > access to organ meats. People suffer, professional expertise is > ignored and uncompensated and, all the while, the entity making piles > of money is the owner of the software that connects butcher with > butchee. >> >> I'm not saying that this particular scenario has anything to do with > lute-playing, but I am saying that Google/Youtube are raking in piles > of money by offering a platform for distribution of copyrighted > material and they simply don't care whose rights are being violated. > Again, this isn't just about the money - it's about good versus evil. >> >> RA >> >> >> >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <[1]mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> > <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <[2]mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu>> on > behalf of Daniel Shoskes <kidneykut...@gmail.com > <[3]mailto:kidneykut...@gmail.com>> >> Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 4:23 PM >> To: Ron Andrico >> Cc: Lute List >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: New blog post >> >> I suppose you could rail against big bad Google (owner of youtube) > but I doubt that will put food on the table. I actually think a more > likely to succeed class action suit would be against the companies that > automatically claim that your video of 16th century music violates > their copyright for a Justin Bieber song. I just had a battle with one > of them that took a month and put me at risk for getting my entire > channel shut down. >> >> In any case, if you have a devoted following that wants to support > you through your youtube endeavors you might want to consider Patreon. > ( > <applewebdata://3290C547-1C1F-461B-962F-9ED7ABC31AC3>https://www.patreo > n.com/home <[4]https://www.patreon.com/home> > <https://www.patreon.com/home <[5]https://www.patreon.com/home>>) >> I have supported artists through this mechanism. >> >>> On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com > <[6]mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> We have a mid-week blog post that is off-topic but lute-related > and of >>> peripheral interest to anyone who cares about making a living > playing >>> the lute and who views YouTube videos, which is probably > everyone. >>> >>> [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-35G <[7]http://wp.me/p15OyV-35G> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> References >>> >>> 1. 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