... > This is the risk that record companies see. They may not be the > smartest marketing or technology cookies, but there is no denying my > alternate scenario is a very common and likely one. Just got a friend > on the phone that said "I just got this DVD recorder so now I can copy > DVDs. Will you lend yours to me so I can copy them?". Didn't that or > something along the same lines happen to you? > > In my book, record companies have a natural reaction to a very real > risk, and all they are trying to do is to mitigate it. Now we can > discuss how smart they are in mitigating it, and how likely it is that > they are alienating their customers in doing so. We can also discuss > about alternate ways of financing music creation, which would eliminate > record companies (f.e. most art is financed from taxes). ...
There's an incorrect assumption here, which is very common when discussing software or media theft: "every copy of the product represents a lost sale." In actuality, every copy represents a marketing opportunity, in which the recipient discovers something that they didn't have before. -- Jack Coates At Monkeynoodle Dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture! "I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, so across the Western ocean I must wander" - traditional _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
