tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447196863363725640.post1652673364709756623..comments2024-03-17T07:22:04.510+00:00Comments on Pragmatist: Beware Pleas Based on Moral PanicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447196863363725640.post-3107049901724392082009-03-27T12:52:00.000+00:002009-03-27T12:52:00.000+00:00A thought from some recent top secret work on musi...A thought from some recent top secret work on music publishing.. : )<BR/><BR/>The value of music is in the performance not the token which is produced (the copy of a unique individual performance), nor the material that conveys it (vinyl, cd etc). That is why ticket sales and prices of live performances are holding up. Copyright is based on a commodity myth of music which doesn't stand up to scrutiny - just as the commodity theory of money is flawed.<BR/><BR/>a more enlightened view of what people value about their use of music might provide new innovations in the way that artists can benefit from their creations beyond the fordist industrial mindset of the old school major labels...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com