What Rolf was trying to say:Yes, there are some artists who are not so concerned about monetizing every note of their composition that is played. The interests that are most protected are those of the large stakeholders, like Sony.
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Sockso is fun and there ought to be a little sharing of the music you buy with friends and family. Not too far OT, I hope, is a recent similar experience I had while at my brother's in Bend, OR. He's the Building Official of Deschutes County and of another who can no longer afford their building department. He told of his subordinates frequently voicing the not uncommon "weapons of mass destruction" propaganda about gay marriage leading to marrying animals, if it is legalized. I have a dvd of a comedian I like, Kathleen Madigan, and recalled how this is a topic for one of her routines, that I would send him a clip that he could show for 'sensitivity training' or some such. I have bought the dvd and found one of the Sound & Video programs that helped me cut out the relevant minutes. Then, I thought to post to Youtube with a private url to share with him in that fashion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZkTl2nSJdYThe related part, sort of ironic, I think, is that Youtube almost immediately sent me an email about copyright:
It almost seems like Youtube is intimidating me with allusions to copyright so that I might be more accepting that they make money with the ads attached to my video.
