Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Digital copyright law, explained

SEE, IT'S LIKE DIS.

Da record companies is like da Syndicate, ya' see? And da front, dat SoundExchange dat collects da royalty payments fum people, it's like yer neighborhood bookie.

Y'unnerstand?

Now da bookie is in da pocket uh da Syndicate, right? And he does what he's told, if he knows what's good fer 'im. So nowadays, when yer a webcaster or whaddevah, you gots ta deal wid da neighborhood bookie -- SoundExchange -- if you want ta get inna da action, right?

An' it's a losin' propasishun, if ya see what I'm sayin.

Kinda like bettin' on da Cubs ta be in da Series, ya' see? Yer screwed, an' after ya' lose yer ass, ya' gotta pay da pipah. Dat's da bookie -- SoundExchange.

And, of course, any good bookie got muscle, y'see? Like Rocky Balboa was before he got his shot at Apollo Creed, only dese guys don't got no heart of gold, right? And da muscle is da feds and da courts, and dey in da pocket uh da Syndicate. Dey got a little somethin' somethin', don'tcha know?

Da bookie -- and da Syndicate -- dey don't get no cut of the action . . . you don't pay up, somebody's legs is gonna get broke. Da feds don't screw aroun'.

Y'unnerstand, pally?

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