At 01:43 PM 10/7/2002 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: Perhaps the record companies need to see what equivalents of >pilings or surfboards they can find for their business models.
Eventually they will have to come to terms with the fact that what technology (e.g., Thomas Edison and the phonograph) can grant, technology (the Internet, digital reproduction and P2P) can take away. But that day still looks to be far off. They've got lots of money and are no where near thinking about throwing in the towl. "[I]t is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." --Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering
