On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 12:49 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 5/19/2014 12:09 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 11:32 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> RIAA > > > > and collecting society mafias, > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_copyright_collection_societies#United_States > > comparable to the German GEMA mafia > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_copyright_collection_societies#Germany > > are law-abiding, but they likely have lobbies that have impact tothe law > > and they seemingly don't care about ethics. However, the author of a > > work always is the author of this work. An author can give all the > > rights to somebody else, but not the authorship = copyright. > > > > That is a rather strong position. No one forces a musician to join one > of these organizations. And as I said - in the United States, > copyrights ARE assignable, just like any other asset.
In Germany the collecting society GEMA sues kindergartens, when the children sing a children's song in public and they didn't pay the GEMA. It's a serious issue for averaged people. The lawyers for the GEMA behave as NSA agents do. Their jobs is to spy. Even German judges dislike those lawyers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1400519198.3482.54.camel@archlinux
