• Merman_Gothique@lemmy.world
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    2 days 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.

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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?