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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] to my fellow renaissance life forms<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Possibly they rationalized that most of the money does not go to the<br>artists anyway, and that by chipping away at entrenched publishers they were hastening the day when artists get a better deal.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><br>*\\* Anton Sherwood</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#888888'>This, in an odd way, reminds me of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Let's get rid of the bad guys, but hurt the good guys at the same time. bill </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>w<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>We can see the likely result of widespread file copying: the rise and continued popularity of rap. The other popular genres generally require a band or group of talented musicians working together. The overhead is enormous. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Rap requires only one person. Background sounds are public domain. There are few or no musical instruments required. If music is freely downloaded, we need music that is very nearly free to create. Rap is free. Piracy gave us rap.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></body></html>