What it's meant to do is provide a speed bump to people who don't steal things, and wish to use them in the parameters that are suggested by the artists
But what about the average Joe who want's to rip the CD for use on the computer, or a portable MP3 player? These are fair-use protected, as long as you do not distribute.
And most average Joes lack the technical know-how to circumvent the protection, and even that is illegal under the DMCA.
Copy protection is stripping away the last bits of fair use left. They're punishing all users for the actions of some.
Most people do not like to lose their rights, even something as small as fair use.
Somehow we coming to the conclusion that there's no substitute for thorough searching of passenger's baggage and carry-on items. Though this is an invasion of privacy and an inconvenience to travelers, this is needed to avoid another tragedy like the events of Sept. 11th.
Face recognition should come into play if there is suspicion aroused from some other means of security.
I agree. Big labels were necessary to finance bands for recording times, production costs, etc.
Now with the advent of digital recording and editing, production costs have decreased substatially. Now a band is like any other business, startup costs are within reason, and you'll be a small business in the beginning.
If you're really good at what you do, you'll sell.
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Being that mass-distributed music is becoming more like computer software, it would not be suprising to EULA's on CD's.
What it's meant to do is provide a speed bump to people who don't steal things, and wish to use them in the parameters that are suggested by the artists
But what about the average Joe who want's to rip the CD for use on the computer, or a portable MP3 player? These are fair-use protected, as long as you do not distribute.
And most average Joes lack the technical know-how to circumvent the protection, and even that is illegal under the DMCA.
Copy protection is stripping away the last bits of fair use left. They're punishing all users for the actions of some.
Most people do not like to lose their rights, even something as small as fair use.
Somehow we coming to the conclusion that there's no substitute for thorough searching of passenger's baggage and carry-on items. Though this is an invasion of privacy and an inconvenience to travelers, this is needed to avoid another tragedy like the events of Sept. 11th.
Face recognition should come into play if there is suspicion aroused from some other means of security.
Perhaps I'mn ot interested in clicking ANY ads at all. I'm barraged with ads everywhere else.
Or perhaps my bandwidth is limited, so clicking extra ads takes way too long.
The internet was developed as a method of communicating information, perhaps like the telephone. Nowadays it's more like television.
And we all know how good that is!
I agree. Big labels were necessary to finance bands for recording times, production costs, etc.
Now with the advent of digital recording and editing, production costs have decreased substatially. Now a band is like any other business, startup costs are within reason, and you'll be a small business in the beginning.
If you're really good at what you do, you'll sell.
If you read the end of the article, the author did say that the courts are consistent.
It is interesting that this ruling went against a major record label, however, consistent rulings aid in the enforcement of law.
You can always donate to the Free Software Foundation too.
How do you feel about PGP with a backdoor for government use?