R. A. Hettinga wrote:
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At 6:16 PM +1200 4/16/03, thing wrote:
All that will happen is people will be forced into one camp or another, and Im willing to bet once ppl move into the pirated camp they wont be able to get back, and wont want too.
More to the point, "piracy", meaning the auctioning of *any* copy, for bearer form internet cash using protocols everyone on these lists know by heart, is *desirable*, and, I would claim, inevitable.
Inevitable because it's cheaper, it already is, :-), but I mean risk-adjusted transaction cost compared to book-entry DRM markets, and, in addition, will put more revenue in the pockets of actual innovators of new content.
Cheers, RAH
Totally agree, its just a question of time. I have a friend who is a musician/composer her intent is to publish on the Net, me I'll do the technical stuff for her. In the past the music houses distributed the music, now they are not needed, the marketing they do is less and less and worse and worse. I think the musicians pay for such stuff anyway, so why precisely do we need the likes of Sony? They are just churning out the same stuff, while new musicians struggle and are ignored. Cutting out the middle men who offer smoke and mirrors means we as consumers pay less and the creators get a fairer return, I cant wait for it. While all this DRM , Palladium is fine for the US, I dont see it being saleable anywhere else, and I suspect the "youngsters" will avoid such crippled kit like its the plague in the US. Some of the suits seem to forget we have choice or think they have removed that choice, I very much want to prove them wrong. regards Thing