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Chained Melodies

Posted by michael on from the music-is-born-free-and-everywhere-it-is-in-chains dept.

NoData writes: "Salon is running an elegant article that covers the current state of the copy protection and circumvention debate. The article touches on the DMCA and the SSSCA, with input from Touretzky, Lessig, and others. It offers a dystopic vision of a future where geeks battle increasingly complex copy protection schemes until ultimately, any consumer control over media is outlawed outright. Refreshingly, the article is not a "Salon Premium" feature."

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  1. Geeks = Criminals by yatest5 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave?

    And can anyone persuade them that what they are doing is wrong. I guess the mass Napster / copied movie yada yada and the general opinion on here that it should be allowed shows that anyone will be a criminal if they feel they can get away with it. The /. geeks may not have the balls to go and rip off a CD from a store but let them download the MP3's from the net in their sweaty rooms and there's no stopping them. Human nature eh?

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    • Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:5) Thurs, June 31, @13:37
    1. Re:Geeks = Criminals by yatest5 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      So DON'T BUY IT. That's your right. It is NOT your right to go out and steal this stuff you feel is overpriced. If everyone decides similar, prices come down. If everyone doesn't, prices stay the same. If a significant minority go out and steal, prices go up.

      I can produce audio tracks in my basement with the same fidelity with less than $10k worth of equipment now; I can burn CDs and distribute myself; I can HIRE my own advertising agency and yet still retain the rights to my own music without the interference of these media conglomerates.

      So you go and sign up those big bands with your magical facilities and sell your CD's for a dollar fifty.

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      • Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:5) Thurs, June 31, @13:37
  2. Re:I am not "stealing" a damn thing. by yatest5 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >>SHow me the insurance payouts for the cds "stolen" out of the warehouses. Yes, ive got some songs that i doidnt by the cd for, but they are music i souldnt have bought anyway

    a) Thanks for proving my original point. I don't care whether you would have bought it anyway. If you haven't paid, you can't listen, that's how it works.

    >>Any music that i get the whole cd of the net, i send the artis 5 bucks from fairtunes, so i dont feel that im doing anything the least bit wrong.

    b) Bollocks you do.

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    • Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:5) Thurs, June 31, @13:37