Copying Isn't Theft

#78! Wasn't written by me! It was written by Nina Paley, an amazing animator. She wrote the lyrics and melody, (here's the original video of her singing it: ) When I heard it, I just knew I had to "copy" it! Yay!

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[luke9828]

So... Can we "copy" the songs you sell for a dollar?

[therockcookiebottom]

Sure, as long as you spread the word about my work. That's the idea anyway.

[purchack]

Depends on creator's will basically. If I work for yesrs on one great book or one great album and want to sell it, I deffinetly couldn't agree with selling one copy, and the world sharing it freely, me making maybe 30 dollars for years of work and practicly loosing hundreds to thousands of dollars in investment money. It gets much worse if my attempt is to live of the money that I make out of, say, music or writing.

[menderfire9]

@purchack I see where you're coming from; but there is another side 2 it. If a million peeps copy your work it might just get spread around faster than if you sold stuff for actual money. And then you finally have a chance to go on tour doing live concerts and charge big bucks. The money is in the live concerts! We're in a new art world where marketing strategy is in our very own hands. The more stuff you give away for free over the internet the more fans you will get, if your stuff is GOOD!

[ayreface1]

Small people aren't harmed by "piracy" because it's harder to find a free download to smaller artists than it is to just pay the 1 dollar for the song. You're getting the wrong idea. It's big production companies that make millions and millions of dollars at opening day at the box office.

[flicknausi]

when people make videos with you, you should give them a plug in your comments section.. spread the love..

[Romulusorion]

@2camjohn You'll have to substantiate that statement with some objectively verifiable numbers. In these economically difficult times, I don't see how people who have been given a ripped copy of a CD would necessarily purchase the original if they don't have to. When a pharmaceutical company spends millions to develop a product and another company copies it within the first 3 months of its release, that is profit siphoning. I'm not complicating anything. I believe you haven't studied the issue.

[2camjohn]

@Romulusorion I think your overcomplicating and misrepresenting (perhaps misunderstanding) the facts.

For example. Most of the time sharing (or 'piracy' if you like) increases sales.

Thats not really siphoning off profits now is it?



[Romulusorion]

Copying is theft. When individuals or organizations spend money to develop products, they do so with the intention of profiting from sales. When sales are siphoned off by copying, the original developer(s) may not even have the opportunity to recoup their original investment. These lyrics are an oversimplification and a misrepresentation of the facts.

[2camjohn]

If there was no copyright, artists would need to get good and perform live to succeed.

That sounds great to me.

[Dot2TheLock]

@finefinefine what if i would never buy what i copying how is it stealing? theres no way they would ever get money from me