tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post3432854304299186561..comments2024-03-28T12:46:20.637-04:00Comments on alien romances: Rocking the white houseRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-85413643942796325822008-02-17T15:06:00.000-05:002008-02-17T15:06:00.000-05:00Thanks for bringing up this issue. The general pub...Thanks for bringing up this issue. The general public just doesn't see these things the way we do. I remember when *I* sold my first book, I assumed that forever thereafter I would (1) sell everything I wrote, and (2) make lots of money. LOL.Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-87956019717977069972008-02-17T12:10:00.000-05:002008-02-17T12:10:00.000-05:00Jacqueline,Thank you for your comment. I am consta...Jacqueline,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comment. I am constantly amazed and tickled that you and I think the same things at the same time.<BR/><BR/>:-)Rowena Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-74590628498645911302008-02-17T12:00:00.000-05:002008-02-17T12:00:00.000-05:00I'm going to tackle this issue of copyright-incomp...I'm going to tackle this issue of copyright-incomprehension from another angle in my Tuesday post this week. <BR/><BR/>I used to think of the copyright issue (that a new generation doesn't see the morality of restricting the right to copy) as a singular occurance, a phenomenon of our modern world.<BR/><BR/>I used to think it would straighten out by itself.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm looking at it as part of something much bigger and will take that up in my Tuesday entry. <BR/><BR/>I drafted that entry BEFORE reading this post. We're all on the same page here. <BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Lichtenberg<BR/>http://www.simegen.com/jl/Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-4316243554206194042008-02-17T11:28:00.000-05:002008-02-17T11:28:00.000-05:00setting an appalling example... that it is OK to p...<I>setting an appalling example... that it is OK to perform a musician's copyrighted work at a public performance, or take a musician's copyrighted work as a theme tune for a multi-million dollar campaign, and yet not pay royalties and not seek permission!</I><BR/><BR/>Permission is a big deal for a political theme. Musicians get <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/entertainment/2004-11-18-u2-ipod_x.htm" REL="nofollow">called sellouts</A> when their music is used in iPod ads. It's even riskier for them to be associated with a particular politician, like your BOSTON example.<BR/><BR/>BTW, in many situations it's OK for *live* musicians to perform covers of others' works *in concert*.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com