[OT] Good or best Linux distro?

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On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 10:18:49 UTC, Chris wrote:
> Ok. Imagine you write a song called "Destroy!" (maybe having 
> traditions and rules in mind). Two things happen:
>
> 1. A band records it (or puts it on youtube) and has a hit. 
> They respect your authorship, say "Thanks, buddy!", but they 
> get all the money.

Expected and appropriate. Don't put stuff public that is not 
expected to be in public domain. Once anyone else knows it, it is 
out of your control. Royalties should just vanish from existence.

And even better - don't write songs if you are for money.

> 2. A bunch of racists use the song (because of the titles) for 
> one of their hate rallies, pointing at minorities and singing 
> "Destroy! Destroy!".

And you will accept it. Or try to punish them for what they 
actually do, not for songs they use.

Accepting that you can't have control over other people is first 
step to become free yourself. Most police states start from 
restrictions appealing to public morale and greater good.

> "once it's out there, you can't claim the copyright/authorship 
> anymore".

Only copyright. Authorship is relatively easy to claim - you only 
need to be first documented person publishing it. About song 
itself - just releasing it with no further concerns can help you 
build the reputation. And that is most valuable thing any artist 
can get.