22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
4:19 a.m.
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 01:23 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
i would fully expect it to fail in the marketplace if the marketplace
were immune to external influence and featured no monopolies and
cartels. it only takes a few well placed laws written in an RIAA office
and enacted on capitol hill then exported around the globe and the
marketplace is trumped.
but i should watch my language.
*i'm personally convinced*, we're gonna get pervasive DRM.
pete.
who would take widespread copyright infringement over DRM as the lesser
of two evils any day. even if it meant not making a living from music.
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 06:14 +0000, peter wrote:
perhaps. but not any less useful a question for it. i
deliberately
asked which of those two options people would choose because that's
exactly what i'm interested in knowing.
i have a question for you though, would you take
widespread copyright
infringement over pervasive DRM (and it's associated outcomes)?
This is a false dichotomy. it's a
moot question, we're gonna get DRM.
I'm not worried - I think DRM will fail in the marketplace.