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"Squishy" DRM?
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In my opinion, this is the beginning of drastic change in the music industry. I can rip a friend's CD, or buy it myself for $17. Personally, I will generally rip the CD. Is that illegal? Yes, of course it is. Will that stop me? No, of course it won't. It doesn't feel like stealing because you aren't walking into a store and slipping a CD into your coat; you're making a digitial copy of some data. And who are you harming? A bunch of millionaires? It is very easy to justify to yourself that copying music is not a big deal. I don't think I could argue that it is morally correct, but I think that most people who do a cost-benefit analysis on it would find that copying music is more favorable than buying it.
Rather than put ridiculous restrictions on our technology, I think the music industry must adapt. Exchanging information is only going to become faster and easier, and I don't think the exchange of music can be regulated without dramatic restrictions of freedom. I envision the dissolution of the major record labels and a flood of new music from artists who can now compete without signing their lives away. Cheap CDs and cheap downloads would be available for convenience, but little would be done to discourage the copying of these things. Musicians would make the majority of their income from concerts, donations, T-shirt sales, etc. I think that society can only benefit...
My mother is Jewish, but I was not offended by his anti-Semitic remark. In fact, I was angered by your pointless poo-pooing of his post. I had delved into these -1 depths to find some good trolls. Instead, I encounter some dorkus malorkus who thinks s/he is accomplishing something by making a blatantly obvious moral statement. I have more to say on the subject, but as I tend to be long-winded I have posted my thoughts here
Hmmm, so the alien message must be the one string not present in pi. Let me just do a few quick calculations here... clickity clickity click
Ah, finally a message from the creators of the universe: WE DO CHICKEN RIGHT What the...?
Also, one could argue that viruses play an important role in software quality control. The more security holes that are found via some CIS major's virus, the better. This forces software companies to correct current security problems and think about future security issues. The fact that MS has provided fertile earth for so many worms is an indication that they need to raise their security bar.
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In my opinion, this is the beginning of drastic change in the music industry. I can rip a friend's CD, or buy it myself for $17. Personally, I will generally rip the CD. Is that illegal? Yes, of course it is. Will that stop me? No, of course it won't. It doesn't feel like stealing because you aren't walking into a store and slipping a CD into your coat; you're making a digitial copy of some data. And who are you harming? A bunch of millionaires? It is very easy to justify to yourself that copying music is not a big deal. I don't think I could argue that it is morally correct, but I think that most people who do a cost-benefit analysis on it would find that copying music is more favorable than buying it.
Rather than put ridiculous restrictions on our technology, I think the music industry must adapt. Exchanging information is only going to become faster and easier, and I don't think the exchange of music can be regulated without dramatic restrictions of freedom. I envision the dissolution of the major record labels and a flood of new music from artists who can now compete without signing their lives away. Cheap CDs and cheap downloads would be available for convenience, but little would be done to discourage the copying of these things. Musicians would make the majority of their income from concerts, donations, T-shirt sales, etc. I think that society can only benefit...
My mother is Jewish, but I was not offended by his anti-Semitic remark. In fact, I was angered by your pointless poo-pooing of his post. I had delved into these -1 depths to find some good trolls. Instead, I encounter some dorkus malorkus who thinks s/he is accomplishing something by making a blatantly obvious moral statement. I have more to say on the subject, but as I tend to be long-winded I have posted my thoughts here
Hmmm, so the alien message must be the one string not present in pi. Let me just do a few quick calculations here...
clickity clickity click
Ah, finally a message from the creators of the universe: WE DO CHICKEN RIGHT
What the...?
Also, one could argue that viruses play an important role in software quality control. The more security holes that are found via some CIS major's virus, the better. This forces software companies to correct current security problems and think about future security issues. The fact that MS has provided fertile earth for so many worms is an indication that they need to raise their security bar.