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On 02/11/2013 09:58 AM, drew Roberts wrote:

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> See, your first mistake is to describe the person as a property owner without

> qualifications.

>

> Second, I do not speak of private, contracted "showings" but rather of

> publication.

>

I am also talking about "published works." 
I guess the first question I would ask you, is "do you believe that a

person has a right to profit from his efforts?"
> The draconian situation we have today is still not good enough to protect the

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> works of the big copyright holders to their satisfaction. Open your eyes and

> look at they laws they are asking for and often getting.

Many of the laws that are on the books, are not directly a result of

"copyright law" necessarily, but rather from backroom deals, lobbying

(i.e. - bribes), and other compromises.  Don't confuse the RIAA with

"copyright owners."
> So, you are whistling a new tune in your room with the windows open. Jack is

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> walking by and hears some of it. It is catchy and he starts to whistle it as

> he walks along. John standing at the bus stop a few blocks away hears it as

> Jack passes. He too starts whistling the melody. He gets on the bus

> whistling. All of the bus riders hear at. When they get off the bus at their

> various stops they whistle it. Etc. In the absence of copyright law, do you

> really think you have some power or right to prevent this situation? Some

> right to be compensated by all of these people whistling without your

> permission?

>

> Oh, and by the way, to my ignorant understanding, if you hadn't yet written

> down what you were whistling when Jack heard, you don't get to copyright it.

> Oops. (I say ignorant as it may only happen if you perform it in public

> first. Etc.)

You don't have to "write it down," in the literal sense.  But being in a

fixed form of some sort is required, as is "publication."
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