Not sure how much can really be done about it.

But like most artists, dad succumbed to the enticement of wine, women and song and unfortunately carried all of it along a bit too far.

Just remember the old terminology: “Bootlegger’s” concerning what we have been talking about.
On a side note: (I used to help my dad jar up his moonshine when I was about 5-8 years of age and do runs with him).

But remember that “bootleggers” are still alive and well!

Now, there is a great album of all time: Still Alive And Well by rock/blues great: Johnny Winter.

Preparing for future success and envisioning how things will transpire while protecting yourself as much as possible is important.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

And your Dad played with Waylon and Merle?!

Those are two of my all time favorites.

Good publicity, Bad publicity, It’s all the same son! ’

And I also remember when Metallica led the fight against Napster and everyone was admonishing them for it.

But remember what I said and you won’t have any regrets later on down the road, when you become more popular than even you yourself ever dreamed!

“Do not make a move forward without considering: Non-Disclosure, Liability and Copyright Release forms.
Preparing ahead of time will save you from most (inevitable) court battles later on!

I have been there, done that and got the shirt with seagull poop on it….

I’m curious about your new project. Is it through your site or another one you’re working on?

Take care of that baby. I hope things are going well.

Seems I had more insightful comments on my mind, but had to run take care of baby for a minute and when I cam back, I forgot what I was saying! So this will have to do for now!

In your situation (and the other affected) it’s wrong for the other party to steal content and use it for profit. I think it’s more the way your content is being used for profit – the sneakiness of it that’s the issue.

As you say, it comes back to attribution and simply giving credit where it’s due. In that situation I would be fine with someone using my content for profit.

And I have to give credit to T. Michael for bringing in the music industry discussion. He’s the expert there and I’m hoping he stops by to comment.

I love music, but he has first hand knowledge of the business.

Thanks for your very insightful comment.

You’re a great resource Albert.

Thanks again,

Dayne

Overall I do agree with you.

Where I draw the line is failure to attribute the work to the originator. And I am willing to be a little flexible on that point. If you’re trying to make a buck off the work then you damn well better give credit where it is due.

I am fine with folks copying my work. Just put my link to it and we are cool. As long as your website is relatively morally acceptable, I see little issue with copying with attribution.

The problem that arose over at TROC was a multi-tiered issue of ethics, morals, and ill-gotten profits. Far from the issue and value of shared content.

The real value of TROC isn’t the content, but my ability to create that content.

Now the content has value for others, otherwise they wouldn’t visit as often as they do! There are values that I am willing to give away for free, educational, comic, inspirational, emotional, and probably others. When someone tries to use that those values to profit from my ability to create it, then there is a definite problem.

You are very perceptive to look at the music industry as an example of the disconnect between the artist/musicians, producers, marketers, hanger-ons, and leeches that have sucked that industries vigor right out of it. We are at the cusp of a paradigm shift in the music industry.

“When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied.” That sums it up very nicely. But again the issue for an Albert, Rick,or Zach, isn’t the money. We don’t make any money from our blogs! But by golly neither should anyone else. I put three to six hours a day in my blog… (Mostly because I type with two fingers and a thumb. Shhhh!) and I’ll be damned if some low life is going to steal my content for his lame dating service, (Which is predominantly stolen content too.), without me hunting him down until he wishes that Al Gore had never invented the Internet!

Lotsa Love!
Albert
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