On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 07:15:11PM -0700, Mr. Bad wrote:
> Freenet is not about sharing music. It's about publishing. We don't,
> and shouldn't, have mechanisms for tipping musicians built into
> Freenet, just as we don't have a word processor or Egyptian barley tax
> calculation program built into Freenet. It's not what we're for, it's
> not what we do.
However as the Freenet architecture evolves I believe it or a derivative
will be used as an infrastructural component of secure, anonymous digital
currency systems.
So consider that -- not only are we building a system that makes it
possible for people to get away with duplicating copyrighted music,
we're also making a system that might put extra money in those artists'
pockets they'd never have seen otherwise.
People have been copying tapes and CDs since way before Napster. Freenet
may make it easier to copy music, but it will enable more efficient
compensation of artists in equal proportion.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect,
# a continual flight from wonder."
# - Albert Einstein
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