DCP Commentary Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Let’s get it straight right away: It’s not the composers and publishers who are ripping off the drum corps. It’s been the other way around from the beginning. Allow me to explain. When Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British fleet on Lake Erie on September 10th 1813, he famously bragged, “We have met the enemy, […] View the full article 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I have a red set of drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 spot on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: spot on except it's not gonna happen. the "industry" is scratching and clawing but they are doomed and they know it. eventually enough artists are going figure out that the fans will directly support them -- without a middle man and all that baggage. self publishing will be cheap and painless. the artists will actually make far more, the fans will pay far less, and the middle men will be left in the cold. unfortunately for us we get to live in the death throes of an irrelevant industry desperately trying to take it's last breath. Edited April 12, 2017 by corpsband 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 You never see throes these days unless it’s proceeded by ‘death’ or unless you just read my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimaster Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Let's be real here. The only reason we have the crazy restrictive multi-decade copyrights is because of Disney. A company that took public domain stories and put a strangle hold on them through lobbying for insanely long copyright terms. Why not have a more reasonable copyright term like 25 years after creation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironlips Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Just a point of information: The US Congress sets the duration for copyright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 27 minutes ago, ironlips said: Just a point of information: The US Congress sets the duration for copyright. and they do as their told Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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