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The Law and P2P

Posted by michael on from the before-the-law dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Here's some interesting legal commentary on the continuing saga of copyright enforcement and Apple's attempt at a constructive approach."

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  1. New bill will be out by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5, Funny

    Available on Kazaa soon

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    Je t'aime Stéphanie
  2. Re:Magic 8-ball by Arethan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently your magic-8-ball has never had the pleasure to use it personally.

    My magic-8-ball has been formerly introduced to the product. When I asked it's opinion, I recieved "Outlook not good".

    Try exposing your 8-ball, and rechecking it's results. If the message does not change, you may have a defective 8-ball, and should call the manufacturer for a replacement.

  3. Apple's (& RIAA's) long-term plan by Pyrosophy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sell at $1 a song until business gets sluggish, then surprise users with a $20 a month, download-all-the-songs-you-want subsription service. Everyone goes gah-gah because they have been paying $100-a-binge for songs and signs up for the service. Mac users revel in the fantastic deal they're getting from Jobs.

    RIAA now has the business model it wants, though Apple gets a small cut, in that instead of people paying $17 a few times a year for a cd, they now have them automatically paying $240 a year. Cell-phone pricing syndrome has everyone blissfully unaware that they are paying way more than they ever wanted to in the first place and the RIAA uses the extra dough to have public executions of P2P software engineers.

  4. Re:Wait a min... by Bendy+Chief · · Score: 4, Funny

    No no no, you've got it all wrong... the blanket term is "Napster-like theft ring" nowadays. :)