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Music Industry Backlash Against Sony Rootkit
Foobar of Borg writes "The Associated Press describes how backlash from Sony's Rootkit CDs is causing problems for the music industry. The problem is two-fold: (1) the inherent technological problem of trying to prevent anyone from copying anything and (2) letting lawyers make technical decisions when (from the article) 'Lawyers don't have any better understanding of technology than a cow does algebra.'" More from the article: "'I think they've set back audio CD protection by years,' said Richard M. Smith, an Internet privacy and security consultant. 'Nobody will want to pull a Sony now.' Phil Leigh, analyst for Inside Digital Media, said the debacle shows just how reluctant the labels are to change their business model to reflect the distribution powers -- good and bad -- of the Internet. He believes that rather than adopting technological methods to try to stop unauthorized copying of music, record companies need to do more to remove the incentive for piracy."
..would be to let people buy music online ... I know this is an amazing idea, but if they all got over their petty rivalries (company vs company and country vs country) and just sell the music, sell the DVDs .... then piracy would decrease at least amongst the 'unwilling' participants of the practice.
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And on and on. The RIAA wants to maintain the status quo at any cost. They have had ten years to adapt and have resisted at every turn. (emph. added)
By way of comparison, the oil industry has had 30 years to adapt since the energy crisis of the 1970s. While there are examples of alternate methods here and there, there isn't really a centralized US effort, hence maintaining the status quo at any cost.
All Linux users are geeky little boys with no lives.
What... You mean to tell me that this is not true? Not all linux users are geeky little boys with no lives? Man, I've visited all the wrong LUGs.
No, no wait, I think you may be technically right with that sentence. Most of those I've seen at LUGs aren't little, and would usually fall under the "men" category.