Marco Aurelio Denegri/Copyright o Privatización Cultural.El USHNU.La Diégesis de SantiagoRoncagliolo

▄ The Ecuadorian magazine EL BUHO, a very good magazine, has an article by Javier López Narváez titled: “And, music, does it belong to everyone? On Copyright and cultural privatization.” ▬ Article: https://bit.ly/31QIXUR When the Spanish singer Joaquín Sabina was asked why he has never been heard to speak ill of pirates, he replied: “How could I speak ill of pirates, when the pirate ship of the poor guy who sells my records in Lima is a piece of shit compared to the multinational's ocean liner that publishes my legal records, and that's the one that really steals from me?” The author of the article comments on it in the following terms: “The problem that makes the normal copyright system a capitalist trap for the privatization of culture is that instead of being beneficial for the majority of artists, it ends up being a gigantic business that benefits large corporate groups worldwide. If we consider that in recent years, due to mergers and acquisitions resulting from the logic of business synergy, these groups have been reduced to a very small number of mega-corporations that control the production, distribution, and consumption of culture in almost all its global manifestations, it is not difficult to understand that what is really happening is that a monopolistic control of global culture is being exercised, which can in no way be beneficial for the free development of artistic expressions such as music.” ▄ Global piracy. Because today piracy reigns supreme in the world, and has been doing so for at least 15 years, one of the negative effects relates to quality—not the quality of the pirated copy, which is generally of poor quality, but the quality of the original product. What's happening is that fans, and even true fans, aren't buying CDs anymore. Instead, they're simply looking for the albums released in the 1980s and the following decade, which was the best era in terms of CD quality. Anything released from 2000 onward has nothing to do with those albums from 25 years ago. I can easily prove that, and any audiophile or music lover knows it. We shouldn't confuse music lovers with audiophiles; they very rarely overlap. ▄ In the latest issue of ARKINKA magazine, an excellent article by Luis Rodolfo Monteverde Sotil was published, titled: What was the USHNU of the Haucaypata Plaza in Cusco like? I had very little knowledge about the USHNU of our ancient Incas. I always thought that the USHNU and the ziggurat at least shared a resemblance in their construction, and both were religious buildings. Luis Rodolfo Monteverde Sotil, What was the USHNU of the Haucaypata Plaza in Cusco like? Haucaypata Magazine. No. 1. 2011 / Pages 6-21 ▬ Article: https://bit.ly/2Nh0qRl ▄ Santiago Roncagliolo's book, "So Close to Life," has been published... in my opinion, this work has fundamental flaws and is not recommended. Santiago Roncagliolo - So Close to Life ▬ Book: https://bit.ly/2pSlQMv First of all, it's a very long work, with 328 pages, which could easily be much shorter—150 pages, for example. And in 150 pages, what is technically called diegesis, or the narrative exposition of events, wouldn't have been compromised. The second flaw is the excessive use of coordinated or independent clauses, which detracts from what characterizes good prose: the extensive use of subordinate clauses. Coordinated prose is not flowing, loose, or uncluttered, and conversely, subordinated prose has rhythm and fluency. Prose that runs too quickly, on the other hand, is telegraphic, and all prose of that kind has hiccups, as Rafael Cansinos Assens would say; it sounds like a donkey's trot. Third, any discerning, observant, and diligent reader will notice that this novel suffers not only from a limited vocabulary but also from a number of other grammatical errors. Despite this, specialized critics have praised not only this work by Roncagliolo but all his previous ones. Mr. Roncagliolo is a successful writer; his works have been translated into many languages. One of his most recent works, not "Red April" but the one before it, has been translated into 13 languages. I predict that in 20 or 30 years it wouldn't be surprising if he were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Such an award would be the most resounding refutation of the lucubrations of the celebrated French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, who, among other things, said, firstly: man is a useless passion; secondly, that the story of any life is the story of a failure; and thirdly, that nothing fails as much as success. Manuel Seco - Dictionary of Doubts ▬ Book: https://bit.ly/32NUHsD Wednesday, November 3, 2010 ░▒▓█ Ⓐ