Mathieu Benoit wrote:Malcolm... Stealing music is like Pro Tools. No matter what you think, neither are going away anytime soon.
That being said, all we can do is try to raise awareness and to act with ingegrity ourselves so as to not be hypocrites.
macrae11 wrote:I disagree with this somewhat. Raising awareness and educating people is of course an important(probably most important) aspect. But at this point in time there is still some question as to what the future will hold, and I think our voice needs to be heard in shaping that future. The side in favor of piracy is spending millions of dollars lobbying to get their way. They also have far more pervasive reach into the popular mindset. I haven't seen the perfect solution yet, but I think there is a place for legislation in this debate. Or at least more active enforcement of existing laws.
Not being afraid to bring up the topic in mixed company is paramount. I have been reminding all the choreographers that have been coming to me with illegal copies of their music these past weeks about how small a cost it would be to have actually purchased their material, and as a byproduct had it sound better in the end. About the price of one nice pair of dance shoes.Mathieu Benoit wrote:macrae11 wrote:I disagree with this somewhat. Raising awareness and educating people is of course an important(probably most important) aspect. But at this point in time there is still some question as to what the future will hold, and I think our voice needs to be heard in shaping that future. The side in favor of piracy is spending millions of dollars lobbying to get their way. They also have far more pervasive reach into the popular mindset. I haven't seen the perfect solution yet, but I think there is a place for legislation in this debate. Or at least more active enforcement of existing laws.
I understand Andrew... but YOU aren't personally going to go to Washington and lobbying for these rights so what exactly is it that you are doing? You are doing exactly what I'm saying is the only thing you can do. You are probably the most vocal person I know about this topic. It's good though because you keep it in the forefront of my mind. However there is still only so much any of us "little" people can do.
Mathieu Benoit wrote:macrae11 wrote:I disagree with this somewhat. Raising awareness and educating people is of course an important(probably most important) aspect. But at this point in time there is still some question as to what the future will hold, and I think our voice needs to be heard in shaping that future. The side in favor of piracy is spending millions of dollars lobbying to get their way. They also have far more pervasive reach into the popular mindset. I haven't seen the perfect solution yet, but I think there is a place for legislation in this debate. Or at least more active enforcement of existing laws.
I understand Andrew... but YOU aren't personally going to go to Washington and lobbying for these rights so what exactly is it that you are doing? You are doing exactly what I'm saying is the only thing you can do. You are probably the most vocal person I know about this topic. It's good though because you keep it in the forefront of my mind. However there is still only so much any of us "little" people can do.
macrae11 wrote:It's a conversation I have fairly often due to working at the school. Although my wife and family often get sick of me preaching about it when I tell them I won't loan them my DVD's for them to rip.
Jef wrote:People don't want to listen to well produced recordings anymore... sad really.
macrae11 wrote:This guy is so spot on that I might have to make him my home page.
http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/201 ... onsidered/
Alain Benoit wrote:In case peeps don't want to bother clicking.
Now this annoying reply:macrae11 wrote:This guy is so spot on that I might have to make him my home page.
http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/201 ... onsidered/
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