John,
> >> If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to
> >> Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them someone posts
> >> the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads it for
> >> free, where is the justice in that?
> >
> >Respectfully, I suggest that it is
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>From: "Craig Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea
>Date: Wed, Oct 9, 2002, 7:27 PM
>> If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to
>> Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them some
At 6:51 PM -0600 on 10/9/02, John Kyle wrote:
> If I spend the next 6 months in my
> attic writing a sequel to Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell
> them someone posts the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads
> it for free, where is the justice in that?
It's not "just
At 04:45 PM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> From http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/napster.htm
>
>>the legal protection of a monopoly
>
>"monopoly" is a synonym for "property".
I think you're talking about one's personal "monopoly" power over one's own
property, and
Ok I've been a subscriber to this list for, well lets say a very long time
and have seen some real wild discussions on it, But this one is getting
nuts, what started this was some fellow looking to buy a CD or two using
some E-Gold (yes banana gold is they way to go!) and it's turned into this
wil
> >"John Kyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
At 06:27 PM 10/9/2002 -0700, Craig Spencer wrote:
>John,
>
> > If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to
> > Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them someone posts
> > the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads i
John,
> If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to
> Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them someone posts
> the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads it for
> free, where is the justice in that?
Respectfully, I suggest that it is your responsibil
You're just one of those whacky capitalists, John! :)
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If I am selling a CD, I am not selling the physical item, but the music on
the CD itself. The same goes if I write a novel, as I am not selling the
bound paper, but the story therein. If I spend the next 6 months in my
attic writing a sequel to Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell
them
>Anyway, I try to understand both sides of this debate,...
check out Baumol
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691096155
who's about the only interesting thinker on the issues, if you're interested..
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'Gold is the soul of all civil
> From http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/napster.htm
typical every day socialism amd socialist economics, no amazing
surprises here ..
>consumer rights
aka "socialism"
>the legal protection of a monopoly
"monopoly" is a synonym for "property".
>>The computer industry, for e
At 11:20 AM -0500 on 10/9/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Whoever owns the music, owns the music, end of story.
Wrong. Who ever owns a *copy* of the music, owns a *copy* of the music.
The fact that the law isn't keeping up with the technology isn't the fault
of the technology.
It would be quit
At 12:41 PM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>[...]
> If Ayn Rand was still around she'd probably SHOOT anyone who napster'd
> a copy of one of her novels or movies. If I use photoshop without paying
> for it for awhile, I openly call that THEFT. Because that's what it is.
> THEFT.
Music for the new Millenium.
Read to you by the storyteller at your very own public library.
"Yes, Grandson", I said to the small person sitting on my knee,
"There was a time when you could logon and discuss how Gold and
Silver money would help the world become a better place.
Of course, tha
http://www.msnbc.com/news/817175.asp
takes a look at the Eldred v. Ashcroft case, which deals
with whether the copyrights for books, films, music, and
cartoons (especially Steamboat Willie!) should go on
forever (or for a lot longer, as per the 1998 Sonny Bono
Copyright Term Extension Act which t
SV Gisp,
Check out:
mp3DownloadHQ
http://www.mp3downloadhq.com
They don't sell CDs but they're worth a "look see"...
Courtesy of:
AmeriConn - eCurrencyCrawler
http://www.americonn.com/cgi/ecc/search/search.pl?Terms=music
Cheers,
RJ
> Guys,
>
> I am a lover of all kinds of music and I am
At 11:20 AM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote:
>>
>>>... Over $80 million was spent by Napster not-getting this idea
>>>before they died, so it's definitely yet-another pile of money on the
>>>ground, waiting for somebody to pick it up, IMO
>In my scenario the artists would own the music, end of story.
>In my scenario an artist would be architect, builder, and landlord.
>
OK, that's an interesting scenario, but your post I think implied
that you feel the current scenario is sort of wrong, morally wrong --
that in a way in the curr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suicide and needlessly
>> antagonizing the artistic community
>
> aka "theft" (either you believe in ownership of property or not!)
The hallmark of theft is that the vi
At 11:20 AM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>... The artists could get a huge cut and not be indentured servants to
>>the record companies.
>
>Geez, what is this ... communist day?
Let's see, what did I describe? Artists would produce music, own music,
sell direct to the market, by
At 12:05 PM -0400 10/9/02, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
...
>Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suicide and needlessly
>antagonizing the artistic community by not implementing some kind of
AFAIK, nobody at Napster ever even TRIED e-gold (it wasn't for lack
of me asking them to, though). It
>At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote:
>
>>... Over $80 million was spent by Napster not-getting this idea
>>before they died, so it's definitely yet-another pile of money on the
>>ground, waiting for somebody to pick it up, IMO. ...
>
>Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suici
At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote:
>... Over $80 million was spent by Napster not-getting this idea
>before they died, so it's definitely yet-another pile of money on the
>ground, waiting for somebody to pick it up, IMO. ...
Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suicide and
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>Guys,
>
>I
At 10:27 AM -0400 10/9/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Guys,
>
>I am a lover of all kinds of music and I am not able to find any online merchants
>accepting e-gold for CDs.
...
This is a good idea, but why bother with a physical CD, instead of
just vending an MP3 (or just asking for a tip, as ww
At 10:35 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
>Use http://www.bananagold.com. You can spend e-gold, 1mdc, or
>Goldmoney. I bet they ship worldwide but I'm not 100% certain.
Well I scrolled down the page a bit and it's quite clear they ship worldwide.
-- Patrick
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At 10:27 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Guys,
>
>I am a lover of all kinds of music and I am not able to find any online
>merchants accepting e-gold for CDs. Will someone please take my advice and
>start doing this. It might also be a good idea if you will ship worldwide
>since e
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