Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ditto. Perhaps I'm being self-serving, but it strikes me that photographing during a concert, even if one intends to sell the photos, and recording for the purposes of pirating, are not even related "crimes." Images of an artist help the artist by raising public awareness of the artist. Selling the audio output of the artist, however, obviously harms the artist because he or she eats by selling video output. B. D. P.S. Yes, I know, artists get royalties from posters, t-shirts, etc., bearing their likenesses. But we're still talking about proverbial apples and oranges here.... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 4:04 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: concert shooting At 09:21 PM 3/15/2000 -0800, Rich Lahrson wrote: > That was half an century ago. Tape recording 'live' was a brand >new technic. One guy was able to set up the machine in the men's room and >run the wire for the mike to the stage. I think it was another fella, >Italian, who idolized Bird and followed him around with a wire recorder >(pre-tape days). The double album I'm thinking of, the taper ecorder in >the men's room is called "A Night at Birdland", a great item as Charlie >Parker is able to stretch out on some solos for 3 or 4 minutes, something >that wasn't possible in the studio (about 1950). But the basic question stands: did Parker or his estate ever get paid for this "taking" of his talent? Are you advocating theft of an artist's performances for personal gain? I am not, as regular LUG'ers know, a very firm proponent of copyright, but accepting the sale of pirated recordings strikes me as a bit on the shady side, regardless of their "cultural worth". The ends, after all, do not justify the means. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!