Yeah, all this Sheeran hate. They remind me of people who when you start to tell them about a funny show you saw on TV have to interrupt you with “well, I don’t even own a TV.”

Game recognizes game.

Baffling in mediocrity could be the authors bio. Why write this garbage? What is going wrong in his life where banal hatred seems to be important. Dude needs to get a life and write some decent content.

No, that is not quite what I mean. Ownership of songs/crests is a vital part of clan culture. Making decisions about who is a relation and can use/perform these things is about preserving cultural ideals regarding ownership/art/etc. I know it rankles people when indigenous communities have knowledge/art that is not…

Sure. In my tribe, clans own certain dances or songs. Many dance groups do perform publicly and generally ask for permission for other clans to perform songs not owned by them. The clan of ownership decides whether or not the songs can be performed; they are able to make that choice. If someone watches the dance…

It does hurt people. When I steal from you, it hurts. When a clan owns a crest or pattern and finds it plastered all over someone’s underwear or used as an “homage” by someone who thought it was cool, there is very literal harm. You stole something from people that have had so many things stolen from them. You…

Reading the comments from the previous article (and I’m willing to bet this article as well) I just have to repeat the fact that I’m positive I would not get along with the majority of the people who read this site. It’s really easy to spout off with meaningless platitudes about “art” and how sacred art is when there…