I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that everyone but me already knows this, because that seems to happen alot lately. But, if I am only the second to last person to know...
There is now a Creative Commons search engine using google or yahoo, that allows you to "Search for Creative Commons audio, images, text, video, and other formats that are free to share online." It even includes options to let you search for items that can be used even for commercial purposes, and find works you can adapt, modify or build upon.
It seems to me that the best way to fight back against Bultegate, the recording industry their allies is for people who power the new mediums of blogging and podcasting to promote and focus on Creative Commons licensed material, almost to the exclusion of commercial material produced under more restrictive licensing.
While I wouldn't put it past the recording industry to sue consumers for not buying their products - even if it is not being 'stolen' they will probably have little success with that one. The reality, which they are well aware of, is that ultimately they have to follow the money. If people turn away from their products entirely, they will have to rethink some of their positions.
In other words, what if public and even commercial broadcasters went to the creative commons for content. What if dentists, the most recent targets of the recording industry started playing only podcasts, podsafe music and creative commons licenced material in their offices, what if the world simply turned it's back on materials produced with restrictive copyrights?
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It's worth noting that the zeropaid.com article to which you link is actually a CBC story (attributed on their site but not yours).
Why is that an issue? If I'm commenting specifically on a story or quoting from it I'll say where it's from, but if I'm passively linking to it for those who don't know what I'm talking about, I never do. It doesn't warrant attribution.
Otherwise this:
What if dentists, the most recent targets of the recording industry started playing only podcasts, podsafe music and creative commons licenced material in their offices, what if the world simply turned it's back on materials produced with restrictive copyrights?
Would read like this
What if dentists, the most recent targets of the recording industry, if you don't remember this story please see this zeropaid article that came originally from the CBC, started playing only podcasts, podsafe music and creative commons licenced material in their offices, what if the world simply turned it's back on materials produced with restrictive copyrights?
Where the story came from originally is not the point of the post, that story itself is not the point of the post, it's just an aside. So, no, it's not worth noting.
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