> > He says "neat, I gotta go pick that up for my house". (sale) > > I don't know about your buddies, but most of mine would say: "neat, I > gotta go pick that up for my house. Can you put this on a CD for me?". > (theft)
Thank god the US lobbyists in Brussels haven't managed to outlaw that here yet. Even in the US it's copyright infringement not theft, I believe. > In my book, record companies have a natural reaction to a very real > risk, I agree, but the risk isn't a few people (or even half the internet) reproducing their product at cost. The risk is becoming extinct as the need for a middle man dimnishes in music sales. When all playback hardware requires signed media - what's to stop them from not giving the keys to independent artists. In the same vein, services like Rhapsody or the Yahoo Music one are great in theory -- access to an enormous and possibly diverse music catalog at low cost. It's just, as soon as a majority of people are using such services, their control over music distribution becomes absolute. Every artist will be forced to be on one of those, and be bled for it dearly. Competition might in theory solve this, but not as long as there is a cartel of music "owners" like the RIAA who can dictate almost any terms. DRM does not solve the "piracy problem". That's fine with the big labels because the problem they want solved is the "0-cost distribution problem". If that migitates unwanted copying on the side, all the better. > They dealt with Apple because Apple [...] fully controls the delivery chain > (from source to customer ears) Exactly. C.
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