• Merman_Gothique@lemmy.world
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    2 days 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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      2 days 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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          2 days 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.

          • Merman_Gothique@lemmy.world
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            1 day ago

            I am really struggling here to see where I said that I was choosing not to share a song with my neighbors in there. Why pivot to an entirely different point?

            This is a societal issue, not an individual one.

            • TimothyOilpants@lemmy.ca
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              1 day ago

              Keep struggling then.

              It’s not my responsibility to explain the implications behind your own words. Learn to communicate more effectively.

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                1 day ago

                My ability to communicate isn’t the issue here. You’re either trolling or in this conversation in a dishonest capacity. The points you are trying to counter are not things I have even put forth.

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                  1 day ago

                  Yeah, so, 50 years later, when you can barely remember the lyrics, you drift from said culture unless you can you know, listen and refresh your memory. That is my entire point. Intellectual property rights paywall culture…

                  If your “culture” and ability to remember your youth is contingent upon songs being available on streaming services that’s not a problem you can blame on publishers.

                  Without publishers, who do you imagine would be distributing this music in 50 years when the bands in question are broken up, destitute, or dead? What’s the oldest independently published music you have access to right now?