Schemes such as Logic Audio's XS Key, which is a usb device that does some super-stealthy encryption and dating of what are essentially security cookies, are near impossible to crack. It doesn't seem to out of the realm of possibility to see similar schemes employed for mp3's and their analogues. Isn't this what MS is trying to do w/ their new systems?
Of course with mp3's, any setup that's too complicated will be rejected by music listeners outright . . .
But I think a different question is, why should the record industry exist at all? Of course the mass production of CD's is one element, giving recording artists access to studios is another . . . but don't most artists make next to nothing on records, instead relying on touring !?!?!?
If the record industry falls, it will become segmented into different industries which are arranged in such a way that artists are able to "freelance" around studios and production, and have more control over the sales of their music. And it will be the industry's own fault, reflecting the illogics of its own structure.
Two points:
1) What is hypermedia ? While technological advances have clearly made access to media more available, it hasn't fundamentally changed the nature of the images present. In fact, there is more editorial and governmental control over the media now than there was during the Vietnam war. Also, I would conjecture that if anything, a proliferation of sources leads to an environment where media is implicitly interpreted as _more_ subjective.
2) The idea that we could be 'overwhelmed' by hypermedia is bogus. Arguments like this have been made since around the turn of the century, when the speed and jarring nature of train travel was thought to be a source of degeneration in the nervous system (thus tying in with notions of hysteria or neurasthenia so prevelent in the day). There is not a set amount of 'nerve force' or 'brain energy' in the brain; we can't spend a 'daily quota' of thought power.
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Schemes such as Logic Audio's XS Key, which is a usb device that does some super-stealthy encryption and dating of what are essentially security cookies, are near impossible to crack. It doesn't seem to out of the realm of possibility to see similar schemes employed for mp3's and their analogues. Isn't this what MS is trying to do w/ their new systems? Of course with mp3's, any setup that's too complicated will be rejected by music listeners outright . . . But I think a different question is, why should the record industry exist at all? Of course the mass production of CD's is one element, giving recording artists access to studios is another . . . but don't most artists make next to nothing on records, instead relying on touring !?!?!? If the record industry falls, it will become segmented into different industries which are arranged in such a way that artists are able to "freelance" around studios and production, and have more control over the sales of their music. And it will be the industry's own fault, reflecting the illogics of its own structure.
Two points: 1) What is hypermedia ? While technological advances have clearly made access to media more available, it hasn't fundamentally changed the nature of the images present. In fact, there is more editorial and governmental control over the media now than there was during the Vietnam war. Also, I would conjecture that if anything, a proliferation of sources leads to an environment where media is implicitly interpreted as _more_ subjective. 2) The idea that we could be 'overwhelmed' by hypermedia is bogus. Arguments like this have been made since around the turn of the century, when the speed and jarring nature of train travel was thought to be a source of degeneration in the nervous system (thus tying in with notions of hysteria or neurasthenia so prevelent in the day). There is not a set amount of 'nerve force' or 'brain energy' in the brain; we can't spend a 'daily quota' of thought power.