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  Re: An excellent screed on copyright, DRM, piano rolls, etc.  
From: nemesis
Date: 21 May 2009 15:25:22
Message: <4a15aaa2@news.povray.org>
Warp escreveu:
>   Take, for example, the immensely popular Guitar Hero series of games.
> The games got rights for using the songs for a relatively small price.
> However, the games were such a hit that the sales of the songs used in
> them sky-rocketed. For example, one of the most popular songs of the
> whole series, Through The Fire And Flames by Dragonforce, saw an incredible
> boost in sales soon after the Guitar Hero game which contained it was
> released. It would be rather safe to say that without the game this song
> in question would probably have been rather unknown, but thanks to the game
> it's one of the best-known songs in recent history, and it can be seen in
> the sales.

I'm eagerly waiting for Piano Hero -- with "songs" by Chopin, Liszt, 
Beethoven and company.

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