I believe that it would be fair to say that most of the people reading this site know a lot more about coding, hardware, and the internet then the laws of the US and other counrties.
Also from what I've seen the RIAA's main problem is that they are clinging to a business model that never was intended for the digital age, where production costs 99% and copying/distribution costs 1%.
Someone pointed out the Pandora's Box of free music on the radio versus free music on the internet (from the consumer perspective).
With these thoughts in mind, why don't we, as a community start a project aimed at distributing media. This could become another aspect of the internet. (The web isn't every thing; there's email, IMing, Usenet, etc.) This project could become another service like the web. Have it be in many respects like Gnutella. However, I've read a number of reports on the failings of Gnutella. We've seen with Napster what can happen to a centrally located service. With enough people contributing (and I'm sure this is a project that would see high user particpation) I believe that we could come up with an enitirely distributed network, that works reliably for the distribution of media, be it art, music, or videos.
I guess what I'm suggesting is to create a distributed service that combines the best elements of Napster, Scour, Gnutella and FreeNet.
There would be many implications for this service legally, however, I believe that a service such as this, that cannot be sued out of existance, would force law to change in a manner consitant with what the consumer wants and is entitled too, as well as what the companies/artists want and what they are entitled too.
(I've heard very few people say, "Hey, let's use Napster, so we can rip off the artists!", whereas I've heard many people complain about how much CDs cost, and why the price keeps on increasing, without any improvement in the product.)
"I would like to compile a list of the companies forbiding the use of OSS. It would be fun to create a "Open Source Users" stock index, and a coresponding "Open Source Refusers" index." Ah yes black listing. Rarely popular, but as nearly as effective as boycotting in bringing about change. (The list of companies that embrace OSS would be a welcome document for many people, such as investors and job seekers.)
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I believe that it would be fair to say that most of the people reading this site know a lot more about coding, hardware, and the internet then the laws of the US and other counrties.
Also from what I've seen the RIAA's main problem is that they are clinging to a business model that never was intended for the digital age, where production costs 99% and copying/distribution costs 1%.
Someone pointed out the Pandora's Box of free music on the radio versus free music on the internet (from the consumer perspective).
With these thoughts in mind, why don't we, as a community start a project aimed at distributing media. This could become another aspect of the internet. (The web isn't every thing; there's email, IMing, Usenet, etc.) This project could become another service like the web. Have it be in many respects like Gnutella. However, I've read a number of reports on the failings of Gnutella. We've seen with Napster what can happen to a centrally located service. With enough people contributing (and I'm sure this is a project that would see high user particpation) I believe that we could come up with an enitirely distributed network, that works reliably for the distribution of media, be it art, music, or videos.
I guess what I'm suggesting is to create a distributed service that combines the best elements of Napster, Scour, Gnutella and FreeNet.
There would be many implications for this service legally, however, I believe that a service such as this, that cannot be sued out of existance, would force law to change in a manner consitant with what the consumer wants and is entitled too, as well as what the companies/artists want and what they are entitled too.
(I've heard very few people say, "Hey, let's use Napster, so we can rip off the artists!", whereas I've heard many people complain about how much CDs cost, and why the price keeps on increasing, without any improvement in the product.)
Michael Scanlon
mandos_17 at yahoo dot com
That's odd. Shockwave for Linux They have a Linux client, wonder why they won't let Netscape on Linux view the site.
Michael
"I would like to compile a list of the companies forbiding the use of OSS. It would be fun to create a "Open Source Users" stock index, and a coresponding "Open Source Refusers" index."
Ah yes black listing. Rarely popular, but as nearly as effective as boycotting in bringing about change. (The list of companies that embrace OSS would be a welcome document for many people, such as investors and job seekers.)
Mandos