[quote=ynwtf]I got u, bro.
Fam.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda][quote=ynwtf]I never partially agree with anyone.[/quote]
ALL OR NOTHIN' BABY. NUANCE IS FOR NERDZ.[/quote]

[quote=ynwtf]I never partially agree with anyone. Ever. Forever. I have my lines, yo.[/quote]

[quote=CringeFest]*i don't think anything she said

correcting my previous shout[/quote]

[quote=CringeFest][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=John McClane]It’s all about royalties. These companies don’t want to pay a rapist. Can you blame them? But…they’ll gladly pay him if someone samples his work. I’m looking at you, Drake

:shrug:[/quote]

I don’t disagree that the rules/laws are far from being well thought through/sophisticated, but still my view is that their personal lives/transgressions are one thing and rules about paying people for their work are quite separate. It’s his stuff and he deserves to get paid for it whatever the circumstances imo. Otherwise further down the line there’s potential to prevent people accused of allegedly doing/thinking/saying something politically incorrect (I’m looking at you, J. K. Rowling) being prevented from making money off their work and to me that’s a terrifying outcome.[/quote]

while i partially agree with you, i don't find such compartmentalization to be realistic: whats done is never undone, and artists can't hide behind their art when what they do has far-reaching consequences.

im a little confused by your remark about JK, but i don't anything she said on twitter demands much of a response...some people will always have fairly normative attitudes about things because were all kinda lazy at the end of the day.[/quote]

[quote=Allaby]I did it!  So excited!  I bought a brand new 2021...
...chair![/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=John McClane]It’s all about royalties. These companies don’t want to pay a rapist. Can you blame them? But…they’ll gladly pay him if someone samples his work. I’m looking at you, Drake

:shrug:[/quote]

I don’t disagree that the rules/laws are far from being well thought through/sophisticated, but still my view is that their personal lives/transgressions are one thing and rules about paying people for their work are quite separate. It’s his stuff and he deserves to get paid for it whatever the circumstances imo. Otherwise further down the line there’s potential to prevent people accused of allegedly doing/thinking/saying something politically incorrect (I’m looking at you, J. K. Rowling) being prevented from making money off their work and to me that’s a terrifying outcome.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]And it gets worse when an artist does something naughty or dies.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]The real problem is royalty/copyright laws in this country. They are laws designed to concentrate power in the hands of paper pushers and corporations. They were not written with the worker bee in mind.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]I mean, I get why they credited R Kelly but the producer’s excuse for it was so weak.[/quote]

[quote=John McClane]It’s all about royalties. These companies don’t want to pay a rapist. Can you blame them? But…they’ll gladly pay him if someone samples his work. I’m looking at you, Drake

:shrug:[/quote]