[Gllug] Re: Anti-DRM event in Central London tomorrow!

[Leo Hickey]

 >> Why shouldn't this
>> guy have to pay for the music he used?
> 
> Why _should_ he?
> 
He should have to pay because copyright is...

 >...intended to provide a greater benefit to us by providing
> an incentive for the creation of works than it provides a penalty by
> weakening the public domain.
> 
> So where's the benefit to us in rendering that sort of project
> impossible, exactly?

It isn't rendered impossible. It is not useful to speculate why the bill 
was so high in this particular example because we do not know the 
circumstances. Anyway, he could have licensed less expensive music or 
used original music.

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