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Starving the Artist: How the Internet Culture of "Free" Threatens to Exterminate the Creative Class, and What Can Be Done to Save It

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Although this book gave me some insight into copyright law (its use and abuse) this book is really more about the value of creative things. The author makes a good case for the compensation of artists by reasoning that if you have the urge to download something (maybe a song or some other creative work) for your personal use, then that something must have some value to you. It's a sound argument for compensating artists. There were also some really interesting points about the motivation to create things. Quick read. Recommended.

This book is a must read for musicians, artists, or anyone that has any interest in intellectual property and copyright. In an age where so many people rationalize the blatant stealing of intellectual property, this book shows how damaging this is to everyone in the creative industry (and to everyone that enjoys music, art, etc).

An interesting and provocative look from inside of the world of copyright. Aicher discusses the whys and why-nots of copyright infringement and opens a discussion about free vs. theft. It really is a great read for anyone who's interested in copyright, is an artist creating something (music, photographs, books, etc.), or is in the habit of downloading copyrighted material for free. This just might open your mind to why it's not only illegal, but wrong.

Excellent and informative read on the difficult challenges that the Arts creators face everyday with the increasing modern day "free for all" attitude that media consumers have adopted over the last ten years on the internet.

The availability of digital Entertainment Media has been a revolutionary and wonderful thing for both creator and consumer, unfortunately the internet at the moment is like the lawless Wild West with no laws or regulations in place to protect the rights of the creator who is having his works taken without permission and even shared and on-distributed to millions of other illegal downloaders as well as a whole bunch of other people/sites profiting from hosting or linking to "stolen goods" and the creator receives not a cent.

I loved this book because it is all about respect for entertainment media creators be it music, movies, art, games, books who should be valued highly as they add so much to our enjoyment of life.

Highly recommended read!