01-09-2012, 01:08 PM
A point your missing is that the American legislation is actually an extension of the large corporations desire to maintain control over their product so that they make as much money out of it as possible. So it is not just the power of the US government one is fighting, but the combined clout of the major corporation in the world. So you think for one second that large corporations will not support their fellows in industry? Sony, a Asian corporation run by a Mexican, was completely eager to comply with hardware and software implantation into their devices that made copying more difficult. Why? Because there is a symbiotic relationship between them.
It is unfortunate they cannot see what Leanne has pointed out, which is, people who have the money to sped will generally go out and buy the product because they want the full experience that comes with the case, such as the art and the liner notes, and it is convenient and safe. The people who don't have this ideology are generally the ones who don't have the money to buy it anyway. Plus most artist get their money from concerts, not record sales.
Of course the whole thing is absurd, as copyright (which everyone seems to forget) only applied to someone making money from the product. E.g., you can show a movie to all your friends for free without copyright violation, unless you are charging them 5 quid a head to come in. It never was applied to copying or even distribution if not money was involved. So this is about a whole new application of copyright law, onethat did not even exist until recently.
I still predict
2 bushels and a peck
Dale
It is unfortunate they cannot see what Leanne has pointed out, which is, people who have the money to sped will generally go out and buy the product because they want the full experience that comes with the case, such as the art and the liner notes, and it is convenient and safe. The people who don't have this ideology are generally the ones who don't have the money to buy it anyway. Plus most artist get their money from concerts, not record sales.
Of course the whole thing is absurd, as copyright (which everyone seems to forget) only applied to someone making money from the product. E.g., you can show a movie to all your friends for free without copyright violation, unless you are charging them 5 quid a head to come in. It never was applied to copying or even distribution if not money was involved. So this is about a whole new application of copyright law, onethat did not even exist until recently.
I still predict
2 bushels and a peck
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.