Yesterday I went to see "Inception." Halfway through it, though, I left in a huff. It was all in someone's dream! They just copied The Wizard of Oz! What a ripoff.
@Hoax: It doesn't sound as though the property owner is the one bringing charges. It's a criminal case, not a civil one, and the state appears to have all the evidence it needs to prosecute, whether the owner wants to testify or not.
Reminds me of the studies suggesting that sunblock actually increases one's risk of skin cancer by making people think they can stay out in the sun all day.
Isn't the mere fact that one shows this -even if under the guise of "isn't this terrible"- makes one as bad as the people who put it up in the first place.
Hear that, Neatorama? Since you've already done something just as bad, you can now go fly an actual donkey from a parasail with no moral consequences whatsoever!
To be clear, the article isn't about current composers, but rather current interest in older composers.
Q: Are you alive?
A: Yes.
Q: Then you're going to die. Someday.
Ahem.
Hear that, Neatorama? Since you've already done something just as bad, you can now go fly an actual donkey from a parasail with no moral consequences whatsoever!
Sheesh.