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Waits is making an appeal to art and integrity, Sousa is decrying the act and presentation of mechanical reproduction.

Tom Waits sounds awful close to John Phillip Sousa testament before the US Congress 1906 if you swap talking machines with songs in commercials.

I am in Portugal right now, where Dr Sousa Martins, a physician who spearheaded the fight against tuberculosis, is considered a saint.

Lessig's talk about Sousa was also pretty amazing.

And if Sousa were right, the country wouldn't now be full of clubs, bars, cafes and concert halls where live music is performed, and there'd be nothing to play on the radio (or, okay, download on Bittorrent).

Sousa's point is that superior recorded music pretty much destroyed "music in the small".

Lower arms." There are also the pops in the park concerts where the local bank president will be invited up on stage to lead a Sousa march...

> • Airing music by America’s greatest composers, such as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, or George Gershwin.

> And if Sousa were right, the country wouldn't now be full of clubs, bars, cafes and concert halls where live music is performed Compared to Sousa's time, the country isn't "full" of places where live music is performed.

Lessig[2], said by composer John Philip Sousa as the technology of the phonograph (and the ability to restrict the use of music through copyright) quickly became widespread: "These talking machines are going to ruin artistic development of music in this country.

"Sousa was making the argument at the heart of copyright: that it promotes innovation, and that without any protection for works, many will never be created." What I would love to see is a study to see if this core argument for the copyright industry /has any merit at all/.

Sousa's point is that superior recorded music pretty much destroyed "music in the small".

Lower arms." There are also the pops in the park concerts where the local bank president will be invited up on stage to lead a Sousa march...

> And if Sousa were right, the country wouldn't now be full of clubs, bars, cafes and concert halls where live music is performed Compared to Sousa's time, the country isn't "full" of places where live music is performed.

Lessig[2], said by composer John Philip Sousa as the technology of the phonograph (and the ability to restrict the use of music through copyright) quickly became widespread: "These talking machines are going to ruin artistic development of music in this country.

> • Airing music by America’s greatest composers, such as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, or George Gershwin.