Today I was thinking about copyright law…as you do. I also began to think about the recent recordings I’ve put on here regarding the Oasis concerts…sound is simply movement of air, we accept that as a fact…If I choose to buy a CD or, download a tune I enter into a legally binding agreement with the owner and/or creator of the sound I’m purchasing, whoever that might be, and I agree that I won’t copy, distribute, broadcast etc, etc. that music. I give someone some money, they give me the audio and we enter into this legally binding, but unspoken, pact. A contract.
Which got me wondering…what if….what if I’m sitting in my room, minding my own business, for arguments sake let’s imagine that it’s probably an early summer evening and I might have the window open a little, and then someone, lets say, perhaps a Manchester rock band like Oasis, choose to vibrate every cubic inch of air in north Manchester, which, of course, includes the air within the four wall of my flat and lets say, I’ve not agreed with them that they can do this, no money has been exchanged and no silent pact agreed. Then surely, if this scenario was ever to actually happen, I’m perfectly entitled to capture that air movement with my digital air movement capturing device, and do whatever I want with it. They have, after all, invaded my space….space invaders. Can they rightly claim to own any movement and vibration of air in my flat? If they don’t want me to record and distribute this then simply don’t violate my airspace, I’ve not asked for this to happen, and this action has compromised my god-given right to watch the latest edition of Come Dine with Me.…I’m not saying anything more than the fact that I’m considering what the legal implications might be….just an ordinary, everyday, what if moment…personally I don’t reckon anyone can, or should, own the physical act of air movement and vibration, but, if that’s actually legally possible, then I’m going to copyright the sound of wind and make an absolute killing….
So below is some more Oasis, quieter than you’d expect and certainly quieter than Kasabian earlier that evening, with not so much of those damn subs (see below and below) it did get louder and a walk through the streets during the late night encores it sounded as everyone had Oasis blaring out of there houses, it was quite phenomenal. I have some recordings I made with my mobile phone which I’ll try and upload next week. I have to say standing in the street and listening to ‘What’s the Story’ and ‘Champagne Supanova’ I did begin to realise what the masses may see in this band…Give everyone credit where credit is due they did pull off a great night, which people seemed to enjoy, despite the enormous technical problems encountered. Professional to the last.
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