KYRIAKOS Wrote:
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> F.U.C The Captain quoted Proudhon some posts up:
> "Property is theft". Theft is a negative word in
> this equation. It is negative because theft is
> illegal property. So it is a property too! It is a
> kind of a paradox.We could ask ourselves whether
> property is legal or illegal. But then again
> according to who's laws? We pay the Stones to play
> let's say "Angie" for us, which is their property.
> This means they stole it according to Proudhon's
> equation! If someone tapes/films the performance,
> this would produce an extra commodity, a property
> in his hands which is theft again.Isn't it
> puzzling?
Whatever kind of paradox Proudhon's quotation is (and you can read all about it in the wikipedia: [
www.tv4.se] ) it would be good if everyone of us would have a thought or two about things like "property" or even "intellectual property" and "copyright".
However, and I'm speaking for myself, I'm paying them (or anyone) to play for me. I pay if otherwise they won't let me in. I also pay for a disk with their recordings on it. I even pay for an empty disk. They even force me to pay additional fees for empty disks, even if I want to record my own voice and I'll never get anything back from them.
But I definitely don't pay for COPYING anyone's recordings. And I won't pay if I stand outside the venue listening.