Aug
27
Chinese democracy and internet speed
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Right after the olympics and all those news about the Chinese Internet censorship, I read an interesting news. Poor Kevin Cogill, a music blogger, was arrested by FBI for releasing the unreleased song tracks of – “Chinese Democracy” by Guns’n Roses to the general public through his blog. I truly wonder if it was him that originally released it. Can you really make a case against him when there are so many other examples of leaks in the past that went unpunished. Truly, does FBI have the resources now to go after every other illegal webpresence of that song. What is the point of these arrests when these things go out like a wildfire. For that matter of fact what is the point of copyrights.
I truly believe it is unjust in an age where the internet speed is so much faster than any legal action or financial loss calculation. Visual and audio media is unstoppable on the internet. Everyone will lie, cheat copy. It simply is becoming to costly to stop them. Of course noone wants to live under the alternative Golden Shield of Law, except for the music publishing companies. Truly the solution relies in making this disadvantage an advantage for the music publishers.
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