[cc-community] Rcrd Lbl to offer CC and Free as in Beer Music

Lucas Gonze lucas.gonze at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 03:12:01 EST 2007


On Nov 17, 2007 8:37 PM, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:
> so much of the trouble musicians would face with
> copyright is actually unloaded onto others.
>
> For instance, a cover band plays in a club. The band is playing someone else's
> music. Are they responsible for paying the royalties? No, the club owner is.

And how.  Nicely said, brother.

> If musicians actually had to deal with this copyright mess directly, it may be
> more clear to more of them that the laws were not passed with their rights
> and welfare in mind.

Most musicians are way too earthy to think about copyright.  It's not
a plausible topic.  And the music business as a whole reflects this
culture.


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