Copyright

Just heard a program on copyright on NPR. Amusing to hear people arguing against copyright. NPR is open source, available to all, depending mostly on contributions. The result: they don't get enough individual donations, so the have to depend on corporate donors, who influence the programming to their own benefit.

The take-over of radio by big business has resulted in boring, interchangeable songs that don't threaten their interests. No protest songs allowed. Some people still write songs about things like the condition of workers, the poor, the misdoing by corporations, but most people aren't going to hear them.