[cc-community] Fundamental Socialism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Man by Mick Hucknall

David Berry D.Berry at sussex.ac.uk
Thu Nov 23 07:54:26 EST 2006


Right. This is painful.

Mick Hucknall. Yes the one that sings in that godawful band UB40. Is  
suggesting that somehow he has something useful to say about  
copyright legislation (though I concede that he might know more about  
it than music ;-). Now obviously, this is completely off his own  
back, and, of course, he is thinking about the public good here,  
certainly not the contents of his (or the corporate paymaster's)  
wallets. It also has absolutely nothing to do with a desperate  
attempt to influence Government policy in lieu of the Gower's report.

Please try not to laugh too much at the self-serving corporate-drone  
speak that Mick apparently 'wrote' - (note to Mick: usually 'writing'  
stuff means, you know, like saying what you think rather than signing  
the bottom of a corporate press release about 'new musical  
entrepreneurs' - whatever they are).

Also, check out the comical definition of 'socialism' that Mick  
introduces here. Presumably under this logic privatisation of the  
health service, schools and the police would all be 'fundamental  
socialist' moves.

Q. How would I define a form of property that anyone can create out  
of nothing? A. Well, perhaps capitalist might be a good start. I may  
be wrong here, but I was under the impression that Socialists were  
*against* property rights?

I tell you, it really has come to something when corporations start  
banging the *socialist* drum to try to defend their interests! I hope  
that Labour won't be dumb enough to fall for it (don't hold your  
breath though).

– David


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Fundamental socialism

Copyright does not restrict the flow of ideas; it promotes it, and  
boosts the knowledge economy

Mick Hucknall
Thursday November 23, 2006
The Guardian

Copyright is fundamentally socialist - it is radical and  
redistributive, subversive even. How else would you describe a form  
of property that anyone can create out of nothing? Copyright's  
democratising effect is seen most clearly in the music business.  
Anyone who can speak, sing, rap or hum and operate a simple sound  
recorder can create a copyright song. Imagination is the only limit.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1954727,00.html





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