Do fair use rights for consumers harm artists and creators?
Definitely not. None of the rights that we are advocating would cause artists to lose control over the public or commercial use of their works. In fact, most of the problems that artists face in the digital world have little to do with technology. Even the new legal music services provided by the major labels have caused artists to lose control over their creations. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/technology/18SONG.html “Last December, the major record labels responded with two Internet services of their own where fans pay monthly fees to download songs. Under this arrangement, however, the performers still don’t get a dime: for each song downloaded, they stand to get only a fraction of a cent, according to the calculations of disgruntled managers and lawyers. And, artists and their managers say, the labels, like Napster, aren’t putting the music online with proper permission either.
