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Posted by Ron Hunter on 12/14/06 08:29
Frank ess wrote:
> PTravel wrote:
>> "J. Clarke" <Jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:elorp00tnq@news2.newsguy.com...
>>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:45:00 +1300, Colin B wrote:
>>
>>> We may be at the beginning of a sea-change in perceptions of
>>> intellectual property with regard to video. If enough of the public
>>> decides that they want video to be freely copiable then the
>>> legislators won't have any choice but to tell the MPAA to go pound
>>> sand and remove copyright protection from such material.
>>
>> Complete nonsense. First of all, the Constitution reserves exclusive
>> rights to copyright owners in Article I, Section 8. Second of all,
>> copyright owners are businesses that pay taxes and, more importantly,
>> pay lobbyists. Youtube copyright infringers are children and very
>> young adults who don't work, don't create content and, most likely,
>> don't vote. Just because that group might like to legalize
>> intellectual property theft doesn't mean that (1) the majority of
>> Americans would approve, and (2) Congress would be inclined to amend
>> the Constitution and pass legislation that would enable IP theft.
>>
>
> Seems to me that same USA "demographic" has decided marijuana possession
> and use should not be illegal; there may have been some movement in some
> parts of the country, an individual can still find her/himself in legal
> trouble if s/he's not wary of laws, circumstances, and consequences.
>
I think the root of the problem is that the recording industry has
ripped people off for so many years that most people have no sympathy
for their position. They just don't seem to understand that the old way
of doing business is gone forever. EVERY time a new technology has come
along, they have moaned and groaned about how they are going to be put
out of business, but still manage to make billions every year, and have
more influence with Congress than 'big oil'. I am not, generally, a
consumer of their products, and so watch this taking place with some
amusement, and objectivity. Until the media providers understand that
there is a great new opportunity for them to use technology to deliver
their 'product' in a way that suits their buyers, the problem will not
go away.
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