Till Lindemann was part of a group of 100 German artists who signed an open letter addressed to the German Pirate Party.
This letter expresses harsh criticism towards the party’s demand on reforms to the copyright law:
“We Are the Creators. […] The new realities of digitization and the internet are no reason to justify ordinary theft of intellectual property”
This letter was published this Thursday by the German newspaper Die Zeit. You can check the original news here (in English). The letter’s content is also published on the Internet, and can be found on this site (in German).
Well I knew like three of these sources and I’m glad u gave a simplified version of the “”Creative Commons”” thing It was hard when I tried to have read at it Also I’m glad to know more websites for music now Great video And very simple.
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Hey guys we are talking about albums
No1rammsfan after the american tour i think all members of band will looking each other and they will decide a new album
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@Mark
I see your point but I was oversimplifying. Whilst I do agree with you in principal I think it depends on the subject matter.
For example, I studied German & History. I don’t feel with those 2 subjects that I’m ripping off the author because they are essentially regurgitating something that can easily be found elsewhere. If you think about it, they are just copying other works themselves. If I was instead studying another subject such as Philosophy or literature I wouldn’t download because those books would be the authors own thoughts & opinions.
On top of that, it didn’t help that I was a poor student, bound by the educational system & had to use the ridiculously priced learning materials they specified. Were it not for these restrictions I would’ve educated myself legally
For what it’s worth I haven’t downloaded anything since.
Some people simply do not care. It’s easy, its free, and people can get away with it easily. Back when they played Madison Square Garden they made an announcement that there must have been some sort of underground following that they had no idea existed in America that exceeded their beliefs. How is that possible? People, especially people who are into metal, will download music because its as I said, easy and free. It’s hard to combat something like this aside from having a kickass live show that everyone will want to see, but even still, people love taking videos of the concerts and sharing them with people who couldn’t be there themselves. Sure, nothing compares to actually being there feeling the fire and showing your appreciation, but as we progress in technology, its natural for people to settle for the easiest, cheapest option: the Internet.
What this results in is poor quality of products and poor quality of consumers that will repeat viciously until we all settle for what we have left, something that is barely passable as music because the artists don’t feel appreciated because of their lack of reimbursement. I wish I had a solution for this, but it seems to me that it will happen regardless of any kind of intervention. Stealing has always been there, its just a lot easier with anything that you can torrent.