Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[Jeff Shippen <jeffshippen AT bluebottle.com>]

Tom and Richard,

   You both have great points.  I see that Open Studios has a potential 
to being an alternative to a major label.  As I have learned in my 
management class, you must see all sides of a problem in order to get 
what you want.  I think i can say that we all would like lower gas 
prices, but to make them lower, we must look beyond the reasons of why 
we want to lower prices by including reasons why they are currently high. 

   Is Open Studios not capable of making a recording for a 3+ member 
band?  If Open Studios is capable and these artists are welcome, then 
does that not make us an alternative distribution channel/medium..?  
Though it may not be the focus of Open Studios, I believe it is indeed 
an alternative.

   Richard, there is nothing more that I would love than to have all 
copyrights reversed to include reasonable freedom for the consumers. As 
you stated, you can take an existing proprietary program and make your 
own alternative program that has the same features, and functions very 
similar to the proprietary program, which you can not do with existing 
music/movies.  Richard, if you have a strategy (or know and organization 
that does) to reverse current copyright laws applying to audio, video, 
images... I'd like to join you (them).  This is like trying to reverse 
all copyrights on proprietary applications too, though.  Instead of 
doing so, you have Open Source apps and you have closed source apps.  
The programmer has a choice on what copy right to use, and consumers 
have a choice on what apps to use (those with more freedom or those with 
less).  There are many people that would love to support artists who 
chose a creative commons license, simply because it has more freedom.  
There are also artists out there that would love to provide that 
freedom.  See http://soulseekrecords.net, and http://www.archive.org. 

   Bringing us back to your question, I too would like to know if/how 
SONG STORM helps protect freedom of artists and consumers.
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