GoodMorning Jim ,hows the weather in clare,its afine morning here.
The bloggers are not receiving payment,but they are using other peoples material without permission,they are depriving people of royalties and sales[every cd downloaded for free is a cd not sold].
the similarity between kennedy and bloggers is this they took /take other peoples material without permission.
you are surely not going to argue that its not alright to do what Kennedy did ,but it is ok to do what bloggers do,even though they are depriving people of sales and royalties.
My Point is Kennedy used material without the owners consent,and while Kennedy made money out of it ,He also deprived the owners of the music the opportunity to make money out of it.
so Bloggers and Kennedy have two things in common,the unlawful use of material,and the deprivation of the rightful owners of the music,sales and royalties[money.
you have made two statements ,I QUOTE, I find myself totally in agreement with MrKeen I personally would love it if there were hundreds of extra people listening to my stuff.
Second quote,These songs have lasted ,because they have been passed on,if that passing on stops because people wish to make a living out of them they will cease to be ours and they will die.
First quote,Jim ,presumably you mean once you have given permission for them to be used,Anne has not given permission,neither was Kennedy given permission.
SECOND QUOTE,Anne is talking about her own compositions not traditional music,.
however ANAHATA made a good point, the present copyright rules for trad arr can act as an incentive ,to record traditional material.
Finally,The Folk Revival,Has in fact helped to keep traditional music alive ,because there has been a financial incentive,especially those more commercial bands The Fairport,Spinners Steeleyes
Horslips etc,they may cease to be played the way you like them Jim ,but they will not die.