Should we shag now or shag later--Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary - General Tiki

S shred Member Las Vegas Joined: Aug 10, 2009 Posts: 14	S shred Posted posted on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 12:19 AM Wow.. Well that was a pretty interesting read. I think sometimes big corporations just throw their hands up and say, "we have to move on from this fiasco". It's unfortunate but once a certain level of file sharing is in effect, what can they do? The music industry certainly isn't new to this stuff. Metallica has been screaming about it for a long time. But eventually, they, and their record company, had to just throw their hands up and move on. I just read on the Fender forum how Fender constantly loses in court over the shape of the Stratocaster being copied by virtually every other guitar company even though they patented the shape. But the courts rule that Fender took too long to enforce their patent, and in fact, put out ads that acknowledged the copies as being inferior, and still didn't act. So now it's considered too little, too late, the damage is done, move on. This is something that obviously hurts every musician. I've been on the other side of this on a much smaller scale, and I know other musicians who have been burned to the 3rd degree. But every great musician knows they can write and create more. There's plenty more where that came from inside of them. As you said, they've decided to protect their work much more these days, and that's a wise path. They've now live through the burn, learned from it, now it's time to move forward. Bigger and better music coming up. On their terms this time. Disney can pump out another pixar, open the parks for another day, and forget all about it. I wouldn't have expected them to do much based on the story you posted. I feel for the musicians though. I really do. It's a horrible feeling when someone makes money off your work without recognition. I'm new here, so I don't know who this was directed at. I'd like to hear both sides before coming to any personal conclusions about whether someone acted unethically or unlawful. Edited: This post is in response to Tom Slick. [ Edited by: shred 2009-08-11 00:21 ] [ Edited by: shred 2009-08-11 02:09 ]

Wow.. Well that was a pretty interesting read.

I think sometimes big corporations just throw their hands up and say, "we have to move on from this fiasco". It's unfortunate but once a certain level of file sharing is in effect, what can they do? The music industry certainly isn't new to this stuff. Metallica has been screaming about it for a long time. But eventually, they, and their record company, had to just throw their hands up and move on.

I just read on the Fender forum how Fender constantly loses in court over the shape of the Stratocaster being copied by virtually every other guitar company even though they patented the shape. But the courts rule that Fender took too long to enforce their patent, and in fact, put out ads that acknowledged the copies as being inferior, and still didn't act. So now it's considered too little, too late, the damage is done, move on.

This is something that obviously hurts every musician. I've been on the other side of this on a much smaller scale, and I know other musicians who have been burned to the 3rd degree.

But every great musician knows they can write and create more. There's plenty more where that came from inside of them. As you said, they've decided to protect their work much more these days, and that's a wise path. They've now live through the burn, learned from it, now it's time to move forward. Bigger and better music coming up. On their terms this time.

Disney can pump out another pixar, open the parks for another day, and forget all about it. I wouldn't have expected them to do much based on the story you posted. I feel for the musicians though. I really do. It's a horrible feeling when someone makes money off your work without recognition.

I'm new here, so I don't know who this was directed at. I'd like to hear both sides before coming to any personal conclusions about whether someone acted unethically or unlawful.

Edited: This post is in response to Tom Slick.

[ Edited by: shred 2009-08-11 00:21 ]

[ Edited by: shred 2009-08-11 02:09 ]

Post #476320 by shred on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 12:19 AM