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What Does "Copyfight" Mean?
Copyfight, the Solo Years: April 2002-March 2004
1. Nathan Jones on June 15, 2005 9:35 PM writes...
Agitprop is right. Kudos to Downhill Battle for using this as a way to push the voluntary collective licensing idea, but I wish they'd tell the whole story.
They insinuate that all but 21 songs are not legitimate, but are forgetting all the songs that people have bought through other means (eg. CD). How are you supposed to convince people when you leave out facts?
See joe's comment on The Importance Of... - Downhill battle would be better off saying "n% of music is unpaid, so let's push for VCL". Replace n% with a more accurate figure than is implied by the "0.7% bought from iTunes" statement.
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