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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Jim Gysin  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Greg Goss sent the following on 10/27/2009 10:56 PM:   
      
   >> Society is granting a special monopoly.  Society gets to define the   
   >> terms of that monopoly.   
   >   
   >The artist is creating a special work of art.  The artist gets to define   
   >the terms of access to that art.   
   >   
   >Beyond that, as I say elsewhere, I don't agree that it's a "monopoly"   
   >any more than my ownership of a car is a "monopoly" that keeps others   
   >from buying their own cars anytime they want to do so.   
      
   Ah, but "My Sweet Lord" was ruled as infringing.  So was "Surfin USA".   
      
   Making your own isn't good enough.  Eventually you run out of melodies   
   as everything belongs to someone.  That's not a culture I want to   
   belong to.   
      
   --   
   apart from one noisy guy up in Canada, no-one wants   
   a three-cylinder tissue box on bicycle tires.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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