I personally have no problem with people agreeing with each other and do not find it annoying...having said that...
Evil, since you seem to be more knowlegeable
(and by the way every good person is a geek about something, I am a dance geek, you are a tech geek, my bf is a music geek, it's all good baby
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How exactly would a sharware program work in terms of income? I know that the clients must pay a user fee for this type of program, but are the artists getting payed by the download (in a peer to peer situation), or is it the shareware owner who benefits? (please excuse me if I am using the wrong terms, here)
I am still unclear as to how paying for a shareware program entitles you to share the music you download with others, can you clarify this for me?
thanks,
Leah
oh and OT as well, I didn't mean that artists had to copyright their own work, I was trying to explain why copyright was to their advantage. And in terms of copyright law, you are correct - but, the original artist always has to prove 'date of origination' which is why they often send a copy to themselves through registered mail...I am well versed in Canadian copyright law as I am a dancer/choreographer and need to take measures to ensure that movement vocabulary is not stolen from pieces I create :)