The Simulacra - My Part 2 Relection

Chapter 13 was hardly the end of the book, but it held within it some of the strongest moments of the book.  Kongrosian is finally shown to use his psychic ability, though not on the piano as everyone had hoped.  He turns his powers on the A.G. Chemie agent first and is then revealed to (according to the Von Lessinger device) use his powers later on Nicole. Goltz appears and disappears around the room, dropping information to Kongrosian as Pembroke fires at the moving figure.

I thought the recording of Kongrosian's child was an interesting point in the story, mainly for what it said about the society. The boy's mother protested but Nat responded with: "Its been tested in USEA courts many times and the recording firm has always won". Right now, in our world, we are in a world where often content producers no longer 'own' their content. A musician records a song, a label circulates it for a large cut, then gives some royalties back to the musician. One step farther I've heard mention of musicians getting sued for using their own songs because the rights technically belong to the label they were recorded under. Here we see one step farther than this. These people, children in this case, have no right to the music they produce. It belongs to the recording agency, recording them without permission. What kind of society has this become? I knew the government in The Simulacra was controlling, but hadn't really known the extent until this very moment.