>>Shouldn't a person who wrote a song..or from a legal
>>standpoint...shouldn't the person who has the copyright have
>>to approve of someone performing their song or recording it?
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>no. copyright law exists to ENCOURAGE innovation via the use
>of other ppl's work. but it also seeks to protect the
>interest of the producers of various works by ensuring that
>they will be credited and paid for their work. if artists had
>to get permission from the copyright holder before they're
>able to record or play a cover, we'd rarely have any cover
>songs recorded or played. via copyright law, we as a society
>have decided to encourage the playing and recording of cover
>songs.


I can buy that argument.....but I'm wondering why that rule should apply to music and not other forms of creative art.

and I think you're leaving out a very important point. The law is not what it is to promote innovation through other people's work as much as it's a way for the RECORD COMPANY or the entity that controls the copyright of an artist song to continue to benefit financially beyond that one artist. Artists come and go...but a solid piece of work can continue to benefit the record company beyond the duration of one artist.




>>how does it make him an asshole to think that he should have
>>that right??
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>b/c he does the same thing, #1.
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>#2 b/c he's seeking to stifle artistic expression that doesn't
>harm him, his work, or his pocketbook. in fact, covers of his
>songs probably tend to help expose his music to a wider
>audience, increase ppl's appreciation for his original
>renderings, and result in various payments to him as the
>copyright holder.

I'm honestly not buying the "using other people's work encourages innovation" argument. Why can't people innovate their own original work?? I think this has really hurt the music in that there is too much relying on other people's work


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>>seems pretty reasonable to me...
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>>and his examples of music being the only artform like that
>is
>>telling...
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>he's wrong about that. copyrights work this way w/everything.
> it's part of the point of copyright law.

So I can put someone else's painting in my art show without asking them??? I can use Snoopy in a commercial without getting perimmission from the Schulz family?
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