EFF: A broadcast flag update

EFF: A broadcast flag update

Posted Sep 28, 2005 15:09 UTC (Wed) by mrshiny (subscriber, #4266)
In reply to: EFF: A broadcast flag update by euvitudo
Parent article: EFF: A broadcast flag update

Is popular culture really sitting around watching the tube or big screen, or listening to digital radio all day?

Yes, I'd say that's a big part of popular culture. Aside from TV, movies, and music, what else IS there? Books, I guess. Maybe a little live theatre.

As for creativity, most people aren't creative. That's why pre-made music and other art is so appealing to people, because they can't make their own, and hey, even if they could, they want to enjoy someone else's work. I can write my own stories, but sometimes I want to enjoy a story someone else wrote. And I certainly can't compose my own music. I do know some people who write their own music but not all of that music is to my taste; furthermore almost nobody that I normally hang out with knows any of the independant artists I am familiar with. So I can't use that as "popular" culture because it's not popular.

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