Re: [GD-General] Pro-IP bill passed the house: User-created

[George W. <ge...@ap...>]

On Tue, 27 May 2008 17:24:13 +0100, "Crosbie Fitch"
<cr...@cy...> wrote:
> You say the artist would be better served working on commission for business
> companies. All I'm exploring is the same thing, but with the company
> disintermediated. So, instead of accepting a commission from one business
> company, you accept one from all or any of your audience (which may well
> include several business companies that might outbid other members of your
> audience). The difference is though, that instead of the company asserting
> their copyright over the work, it is neutralised such that anyone who
> receives it is free to use it as they wish (a la GPL).

So why should a company spend money on a commission when instead they could
just wait and get it for free?
-- 
Enjoy,
George Warner,
Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist
Apple Developer Technical Support (DTS)