...a better way to respond to "infringement," by recognizing how you can take advantage of it, rather than breaking out the lawyers and threatening to sue.
That's all well and good until someone produces a Slap-Chop video using mice.
I'm going to say it again, just because I like repeating myself.
If new CDs cost $3.99-5.99, I would buy a dozen every month
The problems with the recording industry is a testament to how delusional people can become once they've enjoyed monopoly power - they seemingly cannot come to grips with market fundamentals after that.
Or, you know, you could have just given us a call. I would have been more than happy to stop by and explain this all to you in 1998. Could have saved you a lot of trouble, heartache and lawyer fees.
Otherwise, they're just going to find that they'll keep passing ever more useless laws, driving people to newer and newer technologies to get around those laws.
The whole problem with this idea is that its basic assumptions are horribly flawed
The following must be acknowleged now that technology has effectively rendered the physical value of audio reproductions to zero:
Artists are not forced to release recordings.
No one has a "right" to "value". Value is assigned by the market.
It is not the government's place to ensure that a product has value.
For most of us, if no one is willing to pay for what you want to do, then you either do it out of love, or you do something else that people will pay for.
A couple of weeks ago, I got tired of these people calling my work number and then my cell phone. I was especially irked that they were spoofing the caller ID.
I decided to try and find something out about them. The next time they called, I insisted on having their number. The woman I was talking to told me she would take my number off their list and hung up.
The next time they called, I went along. I gave over my car make/model/year and home address. I got to some woman who told me that they would provide me coverage, all I had to do was give them a CC number. I then told them that I wanted to be billed and I wanted a copy of the coverage along with the invoice. They hung up.
They called twice more, and both times I asked to be removed from their list.
I haven't heard from since the week before the Reddit guy busted them.
You know, if someone twenty years ago told me that one day we would be fighting the entertainment industry for our civil rights, I would have laughed out loud.
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Uh Huh
That's all well and good until someone produces a Slap-Chop video using mice.
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Shouting in the Wilderness
If new CDs cost $3.99-5.99, I would buy a dozen every month
The problems with the recording industry is a testament to how delusional people can become once they've enjoyed monopoly power - they seemingly cannot come to grips with market fundamentals after that.
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Correction
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All I Know About Norway
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Tour de
Awesome.
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Yeah Right
-cf Drug War
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Re:
Not on this blog.
There is however, a lot of discussion of how to make money when the cost to copy your product is near zero.
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Re: Ninjas :)
Pirate Ninja.
The best of the best.
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$1500US, 2000 songs, free MP3 player, going once, going twice...
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I've Said it Before
I'll sell it - at a whopping discount - to the first person who wants to give me $1500US.
Hurry, act now!
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Re: Bright Side
I can't make the and gt and and lt things work...
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Re: Bright Side
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Re: Bright Side
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Bright Side
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No Question, Just Observation
The following must be acknowleged now that technology has effectively rendered the physical value of audio reproductions to zero:
For most of us, if no one is willing to pay for what you want to do, then you either do it out of love, or you do something else that people will pay for.
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Just Like Watching CSI
Thanks!
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Fed Up
I decided to try and find something out about them. The next time they called, I insisted on having their number. The woman I was talking to told me she would take my number off their list and hung up.
The next time they called, I went along. I gave over my car make/model/year and home address. I got to some woman who told me that they would provide me coverage, all I had to do was give them a CC number. I then told them that I wanted to be billed and I wanted a copy of the coverage along with the invoice. They hung up.
They called twice more, and both times I asked to be removed from their list.
I haven't heard from since the week before the Reddit guy busted them.
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I'm Paying Attention!
Because his story is protected by copyright?
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Entertainment
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Uh
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