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A free version online would inhibit sales of any future releases if they choose to do so. Just because you can't legally purchase it today doesn't allow you to

• chx 10y ago
  Can you name any musical releases five years after the show? That cast lasted only a year.
  • elbigbad 10y ago
    That's really not the point.
    • chx 10y ago
      > Just because you can't legally purchase it today doesn't allow you to harm the future sales of tomorrow. There are no current or future sales. That's my point: if you are not releasing a specific recording then why do you have copyright over it?
      • talmand 10y ago
        There may be no current sales but I don't see how you can claim there will be no sales in the future. A retail release has nothing to do with copyright. I can have copyright over something I've created, never offer it for sale to anyone, and still keep my copyright.
• chx 10y ago
  People miss completely miss my point. There is a demand for this, there are forums, there are forum trackers where people trade bootlegs, illegal recordings from shows. Why are these not released? Just put it out as MP3, it doesn't need to be anything spectacular, if you do not want do not even spend money on editing just put the soundboard recording out. There will be people who would die to pay for these, I know. There is nothing to lose -- wait until the cast changes (perhaps even just the lead) and then upload the previous cast recording. Done! Why, why, why this is not done? I need to hunt down musical shows from 16 years ago, why I can't just buy them? Who loses a single cent from me copying a 16 year old show which was not released legally? Piracy is a service problem doubly, triply so in the musical world because there is no legal supply and there is demand.
  • golfer 10y ago
    dura lex, sed lex. "The law is harsh but it is the law."
    • chx 10y ago
      Ha! I presume I deserve that. But what I am asking is -- why is the law this way? And, of course, the next step is, how do I change it? Or much rather: how could I convince the rightsholders to serve us better? For many years I have been yearning to be able to speak up and be heard in copyright-related matters but I can't for my life figure out how.
      • talmand 10y ago
        Such things have been done. It's a matter of researching the people responsible and trying to figure out what they would respond to. Bring enough folks to the public outcry and maybe they will see your point. There are several movies that exist almost solely because of public outcry, so I would think it might be possible to get an official recording done. Or run for office and work on legislation to change the law. But I seriously doubt you would make many friends in the entertainment industry if you try to change copyright law too much.