• Merman_Gothique
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    3 hours ago

    500 years ago people would get together in the same space and would sing it together. We still have that in pockets, but that isn’t how it is done now.

    IP law absolutely does not maintain integrity or cultural significance. You are out of your mind if you think that it is not enabling rampant capitalist exploitation. It has literally given a handful of companies complete power over all of it.

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      2 hours ago

      You are out of your mind if you think that it is not enabling rampant capitalist exploitation. It has literally given a handful of companies complete power over all of it.

      Sounds like your problem is with artists selling their IP to corporations… And frankly with yourself for not creating more, or engaging in communal practice.

      Stop blaming some big bad for your own lack of social engagement.

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        2 hours ago

        What does social engagement have to do with any of this? We are talking about ownership of culture.

        Why are you defending oligarchy of culture? You have made some amazing leaps in logic here that are not even remotely based in the objective.

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          1 hour ago

          Oligarchy has nothing to do with you choosing not to share in song with your neighbors. You’re making shitty excuses for your laziness.

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            56 minutes ago

            Where did I ever say I was choosing to not share a song with my neighbors? Who are you arguing with?

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              40 minutes ago

              500 years ago people would get together in the same space and would sing it together. We still have that in pockets, but that isn’t how it is done now.

              You relying on the commercial accessibility to music to capture your history and culture is 100% a “you” problem. No one is making you do that.