People don’t realize how much we spend for many, many computers, many versions of our specialized software and also the writers. Court reporting software companies force us to pay for their software over and over and over again. One particular software company charges $3,500 for the software which is obsolete after a couple of years and another $5,000 for the writer which is outdated just about every year or breaks down and it’s time to purchase another one. They have software people who are constantly making changes to the software just to make money off of court reporters. So every time you complain about paying for a transcript, think about that. We deserve every penny that a transcript brings in, because we just turn around and give it back to the technology market and to IRS. I work so, so hard and I have missed out on a lot of my life and I feel that the money I have left over, which really isn’t much after everyone else is paid, could never be enough to compensate me for the sacrifices I’ve made. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn’t do it.

Actually, copyright law itself is not that complex. The structure behind it is. Collecting societies, music publishers and record companies, who knows what they are doing? Imagine, you’re a small artist who wants to be famous. Sign here, sign here and sign here. Before you know it you don’t have any rights left, including income from gigs and merchandising. It used to be evident that we wanted to reward the creativity of people. Nowadays, it’s not that obvious anymore. My idea is that we should not discuss copyright law, but how to protect the performing, reproduction and any other rights of the music authors. Luckily I’m not the only one who is worried. It can’t be any coincidence that the Featured Artists Coalition was founded. They want the artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits it generates in the digital age. But there is also another way. The internet is a promising marketing environment, fit for individual management of copyright and the delivery of rights on demand to users. In these circumstances the music authors are in full control of their rights. And is that not what it used to be all about? Giving the advantages of being creative to such persons? I hope the authors will be more and more aware of the fact that they have a strong legal position. Check out VillaMusicRights.

If so, even if there is a right under that State’s law to collaterally attack the subject “Judgment” or Order?