7 members (bennash, Gary E. Andrews, Everett Adams, VNORTH2, couchgrouch, Fdemetrio, Perry Neal Crawford),
4,150
guests, and
283
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Welcome to the Just Plain Folks forums! You are currently viewing our forums as a Guest which gives you limited access to most of our discussions and to other features.
By joining our free community you will have access to post and respond to topics, communicate privately with our users (PM), respond to polls, upload content, and access many other features. Registration is fast, simple, and absolutely free; so please join our community today!
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 19,579 Likes: 13
Top 10 Poster
|
Top 10 Poster
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 19,579 Likes: 13 |
It simply solidifies the entire concept of COMPULSORY licenses which are evil. Compulsory labor prices or compulsory product prices are as anti free market as you can get. It's worse than straight up Fascism. (At least with Fascism EVERYONE is screwed equally meaning everyone can push back, in this case, creators are just screwed over. Notice there is no need to have compulsory licenses on films or TV shows... why is that? It's digital files all the same at this point. The reason is that the film industry is grouped by major multinational owners whereas new music is coming from the true little guys all the time and the FASCIST technocrats can't wholly control them without a Govt (i.e. at the point of a gun) enforced compulsory licenses forcing the little guy to bow down and give their music away. It's heinous theft. The Beatles are worth more than Generic Artists X, Y and Z, why should they have to accept the same money? Meanwhile X, Y and Z can't easily compete because super low compulsory rates means the Beatles (or any other mega talent) is dirt cheap so why waste time with anyone else? It's bad for nearly everyone and only Spotify and the multinational corporations and the consumers who don't want to have to pay what the market will bear for great music make out. It's the opposite of Free Market.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
|
|
|
We would like to keep the membership in Just Plain Folks FREE! Your donation helps support the many programs we offer including Road Trips and the Music Awards.
|
|
Forums117
Topics125,718
Posts1,160,951
Members21,470
|
Most Online37,523 Jan 25th, 2020
|
|
"If one man can do it, any man can do it. It is true. But the real question is, if one man did it, are you willing to do what it takes to do it as well?" –Brian Austin Whitney
|
|
|
|