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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com   
      
   Greg Goss sent the following on 10/28/2009 7:59 PM:   
   > 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 like saying that we'll eventually run out of new material for new   
   novels.   
      
   > That's not a culture I want to   
   > belong to.   
      
   Rest easy, since it will not happen anytime soon, if ever.  And even if   
   it did, then it would only speak to the plethora of available materials   
   to watch or read or listen to, any one of which would be more than   
   anyone could possibly watch or read or listen to in its entirety in any   
   one lifetime.   
      
   --   
   Jim Gysin   
   Waukesha, WI   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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