You could link this idea to an off-the-shelf "rise of OSS" slashdot rant, a few lines about shiny apple boxes and the apple moves to windows conspiracy and then set yourself up as an IT pundit.
This is quite possibly the most insightful comment I have read on/. for ages.
... would be worth a look. This should be seen in context with a French initiative to tax access to P2P networks.
What they seem to be looking at is accepting that people are going to use P2P networks anyway, and look at implementing some kind of revenue model to ensure that music publishers don't get so antsy in france that they sue dead people who have never used a computer.
"But," I hear you cry, "what's to stop me using Brand X esoteric open source P2P software?". Well, if you are using and not paying, you are now committing an offence against the state.
Which makes it a damn sight easier to get your arse put in prison.
Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't a suitable control group comprise 18 year olds who didn't go to college? As the experiment stands, you could argue either that:
a) going to college changes your brain
b) being 18 and full of hormones changes your brain
c) both to varying extents
How are they measuring piracy? How can they possibly get reliable figures on the level of music piracy.
Not that I am necessarily complaining. If the industry is content to consider that online piracy is not as big as legal downloads perhaps they will leave online music alone and look at people who actually make money from piracy (e.g. sales of counterfit CDs/DVDs)?
... is right now thinking of every possible pr0n euphamism in order to get all relevent data for google.
"hot teen co-eds?" - "check!"
"busty ladies?" - "check!"
"goatse?" - aaaarrrrgh!
Are domain names really that valuable anymore? Given recent stories on the way that search engines are leaching value from web resources, doesn't the default action of yer average mom-and-dad browser involve typing a company name into google rather than typing an url into the address bar?
Er - first post (both EVAR and on this article). Guess I was just that lucky:-)
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You could link this idea to an off-the-shelf "rise of OSS" slashdot rant, a few lines about shiny apple boxes and the apple moves to windows conspiracy and then set yourself up as an IT pundit.
This is quite possibly the most insightful comment I have read on /. for ages.
What they seem to be looking at is accepting that people are going to use P2P networks anyway, and look at implementing some kind of revenue model to ensure that music publishers don't get so antsy in france that they sue dead people who have never used a computer.
"But," I hear you cry, "what's to stop me using Brand X esoteric open source P2P software?". Well, if you are using and not paying, you are now committing an offence against the state.
Which makes it a damn sight easier to get your arse put in prison.
Cunning.
Why can't I mod -1 for "rhyme scheme"?
a) going to college changes your brain
b) being 18 and full of hormones changes your brain
c) both to varying extents
Then add 5 ("profit")? :-D
Oh yes, I've been lurking
How are they measuring piracy? How can they possibly get reliable figures on the level of music piracy.
Not that I am necessarily complaining. If the industry is content to consider that online piracy is not as big as legal downloads perhaps they will leave online music alone and look at people who actually make money from piracy (e.g. sales of counterfit CDs/DVDs)?
... is right now thinking of every possible pr0n euphamism in order to get all relevent data for google. "hot teen co-eds?" - "check!" "busty ladies?" - "check!" "goatse?" - aaaarrrrgh!
Are domain names really that valuable anymore? Given recent stories on the way that search engines are leaching value from web resources, doesn't the default action of yer average mom-and-dad browser involve typing a company name into google rather than typing an url into the address bar? Er - first post (both EVAR and on this article). Guess I was just that lucky :-)