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#62369 03/26/02 11:46 PM
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>...no reproduced music should be legal.

musick seems to agree with that philosophically.

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Dear tsuwm: Sounds like you are trying to start a row with musick. I have seen too many of his posts referring to his extensive collection of recorded music to suppose he would be willing to give it up, even if it meant he might earn a bit more.


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perhaps I misremember, but hasn't he claimed that his collection is rather small and he prefers 'live' music??

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Interesting that of troy mentions libraries, where people borrow books for free.....That's true and I am sooo in favour of that.

However, one thing I adore about Canada is the Public Lending Right (PLR) program run (I believe) by TWUC (The Writers's Union of Canada). If you register your published book with the PLR people, you will get a cheque each year representing (in a theoretical way) the number of "hits" your book got in the past year - so technically, you don't "lose" by having your book in a library and people being able to read it for free rather than buy a copy.

How it works: PLR people select 10 libraries, across the country, to do a "sample" of. Registered authors receive a stipend per number of hits. The amount per hit depends on how much is in the coffers in any given year. This year my book was found in three of the 10 libraries, resulting in a payment of $110.25. Since I'm no longer making any money from sales of the book , this is gravy and a pleasant surprise every January (I always forget that it's coming!).


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I can remember very mediocre musicians in the twenties declaring that "canned music" was a serious threat to all musicians...

In the late 80's/early 90's there was an explosion of DJ's that almost wiped out the "Wedding Band" circuit which was a large part of my income then!

...referring to his extensive collection...

Dr.Bill - I have about 10 times as many reference books and printed musics than I do "recordings".

tsuwm - Yes, he has! You remember clearly!

As to the original post: I'm torn between a)bitching about Hollywood calling it "intellectual property" and b)bitching about Hollywood calling it "intellectual property".




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