I still didn't learn what Orfanidis has to say but I'm glad with
serious discussions about copyright and formal and practical
organization methods for non Open Source intellectual or art materials.
I think when or of I create a nice piece of DSP software or a good
theory applicable in the field that in most western countries I
automatically have the legal copyright. Practically I'm not so sure if
even building it into a ROM or choosing high profile expensive
scientific magazine to publish in would give me more chance of making a
profit than bringing out an non-copy-protected Windows program as a
small company with no legal department.
I mean when the ideas of people in a field are not bound by normal
laws, nor by instituted or commercial rules, local mores or personal
morality, or for all I care religious "morality", we might as well be
living in a jungle hoping for Tarzan to throw us a bone. Modern music
ongoings "teach" me certain groups of people are willing to bow a lot
lower than just that, so I'm all for some amount of personal morality
about these subjects, or the "big brother" effect in all kinds of public
DSP (TV, CD mastering, etc.) probably will prevail leaving the good,
talented and nice working people with shitty A/V materials and little
income.
Ir. Theo Verelst
http://www.theover.org/Prod/studiosound.html
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