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Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]

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Re: Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]

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I'd love to know if (the downvoters think) that has factual errors. I'm a jazz musician who will soon be releasing music online—some my compositions, some not—and planning to pay license fees etc. Thanks—I'm a totally at a loss what could have made people downvote it!

I think the problem with that post is that race (black and white people) are unnecessarily brought into it. I'm sure that musicians of all races would want this issue addressed. Making it about race is extremely ridiculous.

Suggesting that the KLF are racist is pretty ridiculous!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF

Re: Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]

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>Copyright is a way to encourage the production of new culture. Perhaps it just was ? Things evolved. Digital tools now make everyone face the law that was invented for publishers while not every person is even aware about publishing nor wish to deal with it. People simply try to express themselves and punished for that like they are criminals. I do not think this is a way to encourage the production of new culture t…

You basically use one single anecdote while YouTube has literally made more millionaires among independent content creator than mainstream TV did in all its existence. The reason they can produce the content they do is that they can take have copyright protecting their work. The notion that copyright is "a tool for oppression of any form of self-expression" is false just on its face. And if it weren't for for copyrig…

You basically use one single anecdote while YouTube ...

Here is another anedcdote from one of the famous YouTube creators:

I Confronted the People That BLOCKED My Video (Rant) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqvuEal2P2E

I Testified Before the SENATE On BLOCKERS | Here's What Happened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxLuFx-Sbc

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