Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.
Monday, August 06, 2012
Intellectual property in Burma - VOA interview of hip hop artist That Xo (Thar Soe)
http://www.youtube.com/user/voaclips
in Burmese:
Summary-
There are now no producers of music in Burma and musicans are having to finance their own music productions.
Yet when Rambo 4 and The Lady came out the govt banned illegal copying completely. . . so it is a matter of whether the (junta) wants to do it or not.
Instead of standing on the side of the creators/artists, they (seem to be) in league with the thieves.
Thar Xo
informal translation kmk
Thar Soe photographing Giacommeti at National Gallery DC
Photo copyright Kyi May Kaung
Merchant-Ivory movie--script by Ruth Prawer Jabhvala--The City of Your Final Destination--based on book by Peter Cameron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlnwssR3k9g
-
Note: If you know nothing about economics, pl do not depend on hearsay. Pl take ecos. 101 or read or educate yourself. There are lots of ...
-
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0