adamslim;134576 Wrote: > Illegal music sharing is all MP3s - people aren't going to want to share > 5GB files for a single album when 99.9999% do not have a system that > will resolve the difference between that and a 500MB CD (or even a 50MB > MP3).
People regularly share multi-gig files on BitTorrent. File sharing is far from limited to MP3's. Go to piratebay.com and search for FLAC, people share whole albums ... then look for virtually any movie title ... there will be 4+gig .ISO's of ripped DVD's available. I can understand why the media providers are so paranoid ... and it's unfortunate. However, it's difficult to overcome the idea of "free" for many people. That said ... I think that they are going about it all wrong, since they are punishing the fair use of people that shell out the money for the material. I don't claim to have the answer for how they can provide "Fair Use" and still protect thier investment ... just pointing out that they actually do have reason to be paranoid. I am not an advocate of DRM nor a fan of the tactics of the RIAA/MPAA, even though this post may seem as though I'm stumping for them. It's just important to understand both sides of the problem. -- jeffluckett ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27136 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
