NVDL: I believe in property rights, and intellectual property rights, but not in a completely unlimited way. Think about Corporates who claim copyright over words and sounds. Someone can buy your name and sell it to you as a domain - sell you your own name? C'mon!
I think the fabulous wealth that musicians and celebrities accumulate is in many cases absurd and disproportionate. It enables a faux celebrity culture. What's more important is stuff like education, the environment, even sport - teachers ought to earn more than rockstars. I know it's not a popular view.
Another example of our ripoff culture is where we pay 200% mark ups because a t-shirt has a swoosh on it. Same with shoes. You go to a country like Thailand and you get sometimes inferior, but often the same quality Diesel shirts and other branded stuff for a fraction of the price.
Others will say these premiums stimulate the market. I dunno. What about placing a fair value on what something is (rather than an inflated, delusional price). I think our priorities in terms of what we value is skewed.
That said I also believe creativity should be rewarded, and handsomely when it is warranted.
"They're harassing me nonstop," says Lentz, who's been trying to settle her RIAA case, but can't afford a lawyer. "I wasn't the one who downloaded the music. It was a shared computer with my roommates and my friends. They want $7,500 for 10 songs."
I think the fabulous wealth that musicians and celebrities accumulate is in many cases absurd and disproportionate. It enables a faux celebrity culture. What's more important is stuff like education, the environment, even sport - teachers ought to earn more than rockstars. I know it's not a popular view.
Another example of our ripoff culture is where we pay 200% mark ups because a t-shirt has a swoosh on it. Same with shoes. You go to a country like Thailand and you get sometimes inferior, but often the same quality Diesel shirts and other branded stuff for a fraction of the price.
Others will say these premiums stimulate the market. I dunno. What about placing a fair value on what something is (rather than an inflated, delusional price). I think our priorities in terms of what we value is skewed.
That said I also believe creativity should be rewarded, and handsomely when it is warranted.
"They're harassing me nonstop," says Lentz, who's been trying to settle her RIAA case, but can't afford a lawyer. "I wasn't the one who downloaded the music. It was a shared computer with my roommates and my friends. They want $7,500 for 10 songs."
Today, the RIAA -- the lobbying group for the world's big four music companies, Sony BMG, Universal Music, EMI and Warner Music -- admits that the lawsuits are largely a public relations effort, aimed at striking fear into the hearts of would-be downloaders.
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That market is here for those superficial enough to believe that brandnames are an important part of what u portray to the world.
ReplyDeleteI also used to one but now have my life's priorities in better perspective.