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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
  • To: Anatoly Volynets <av AT total-knowledge.com>
  • Cc: Community Studios <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Community_studios] Re: copyright cage comment
  • Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 03:28:00 -0000

Hi, Anatoly: I read an article, and wanted to check in with Jonathan
Zittrain on linking to the article. He said, go ahead. He also alerted
us to a web site you for sure, might enjoy. Anyway, linking our site to
the site Jonathan recommended probably won't happen.
Thanks, Tom

On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 02:44, Anatoly Volynets wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Jonathan Zittrain wrote:
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > Thanks much for your note. I'll check out your site -- apart from the
> > topics in the copyright article, I'm very interested in the free software
> > movement, and am working now on a paper about SCO v. IBM. We've got our
> > own GPL'd offering at <http://h2o.law.harvard.edu>. Another torch lit...
> >
> > And, sure, link away!
> >
> > Best,
> > JZ
> >
>
> I think, it would be nice for them to link to Open Studios either.
>
> > At 04:26 PM 8/3/2003, tom poe wrote:
> > >Hi: Enjoyed your article. Found it most interesting. Would like to
> > >link to it for others on our web site.
> > >
> > >Stanford's CCRMA site and the Agnula site [consortium of research
> > >institutes and universities in Europe] offer Open Source solutions for
> > >loading a low-end computer with everything needed to learn how to read
> > >and write music, make professional quality recordings, and, when
> > >combined with applications like Cinelerra, make theater-quality movies
> > >[full featured movies]. Obviously, the cost to individuals is something
> > >less than $1000USD, and the cost of producing competing products in
> > >entertainment is measured in pennies, not millions of dollars.
> > >
> > >When such equipment is used, the ability of an individual to utilize the
> > >Internet to communicate with a worldwide audience, by placing their demo
> > >works on the Internet Archive, or with Ibiblio.org, and their own web
> > >sites, opens up a new world for musicians, artists, and authors.
> > >
> > >At some point, or at least in the mind of Open Studios, every community
> > >in every country will have a community-based recording studio offering
> > >residents free recording services. If not before, then surely at that
> > >point, copyright law will have to change, as it will be demonstrated
> > >beyond doubt that individuals can indeed make money without the aid of
> > >copyright. At the same time, some restrictions can be retained as seen
> > >as reasonable, not by special interest groups, but by the public.
> > >
> > >For those of us at Open Studios, the work being done at Creative Commons
> > >Project represents such future changes suggested above.
> > >
> > >In your article, you mentioned:"Overhauling copyright will have costs to
> > >some. In the absence of tough copyright controls, investors may decide
> > >not to underwrite a $200 million blockbuster film because copying of the
> > >final product may unduly reduce their expected profit."
> > >
> > >Independent films have proliferated as technology has advanced. In the
> > >Digital Age, the cost is now down to a point that most individuals are
> > >able to enter into movie-making. Over time, there is every reason to
> > >expect that independent films which are able to be shown in a wide range
> > >of venues, from libraries to coffee houses, to bars, to restaurants will
> > >impact on the public's interest in Hollywood. The day of the $200
> > >million blockbuster would seem to be ending. The attraction for
> > >Sundance Studios and other firms emphasizing independent films will
> > >offer investors far greater returns on their investment. Maybe, just
> > >maybe, there will be yet another reason for Hollywood, the RIAA, and the
> > >MPAA to engage in histrionics!
> > >Thanks,
> > >Tom Poe
> > >Open Studios
> > >Reno, NV
> > >http://www.studioforrecording.org/
> >
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>
> Anatoly Volynets
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