| Weblog: | Has Steve been body-snatched? | |
| Subject: | maybe he's come to his senses | |
| Date: | 2004-06-14 23:33:23 | |
| From: | jwenting | |
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maybe Steve has finally discovered that social control won't stop piracy. Piracy has now become not just a generally accepted phenomenon but is seen by ever more people as "cool", "punishing large corporations", etc.. In such an environment where the social control pushes people TOWARDS IP infringement rather than away from it, the only means to stop such infringement is large scale policing and technological means. |
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maybe he's come to his senses
2004-06-15 05:32:29 Michael Brewer | [Reply | View]
I don't know about that. From what I've noticed since the iTunes Music Store was started, public discussion has moved away from talking about the latest file-sharing network and towards discussions about the relative success of the Music Store (and its competitors) and how DRM used on music purchases affects fair use. Both of which I consider to be healthy discussions.
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maybe he's come to his senses
2004-06-15 04:50:40 simon_hibbs [Reply | View]
Maybe he should finally discover that financial muscle and ploitical manipulation won't stop people excercising their fair use rights.
Fair use rights for consumers have now become not just a generaly accepted phenomenon but is seen by ever more people as "cool", despite the efforts of large corporations.
Etc, etc...
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maybe he's come to his senses
2004-06-15 04:15:57 aristotle [Reply | View]
Sigh. Utter tripe. I don't even know where to begin.
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A minor, bug significant, correction: you say: ...won't stop piracy. Well, that's just fine but we're not talking about piracy. What we are talking about is copyright infringement, which is a totally different thing. When people who copy music files (and video to a lesser extent) do so at gunpoint, and deprive others of physical goods, then I'll call it piracy. Until that time arrives (and I suspect that I'm in for a long wait here), lets try to maintain a minimal level of accuracy in the debate.