Hi, On 2006-08-17 15:38, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006, E L wrote [snip] > In short, your suggestion is basically a "all you can listen to" music > buffet. But instead of suggesting that this is a service that companies > should sell (like IPOD, but a all-you-can-listen-to plan), and that the > free market determines its price, you suggest that it's a thing that the > government should maintain such a plan, define and collect its costs. Why? > I see no sense in this.
There's a big difference: A "buffet" is organized by the free market is necessarily based on the exclusion from service of people who didn't pay for it. So it requires legal and technological limitations on distribution of copyrighted works, and these limitations have a huge impact in limiting people's rights and actions. Conversely, if the "buffet" is organized by the government and payment is mandatory, then you can abolish copyright and let everyone copy and create derivative works as they wish -- a huge social and economical benefit. This is not to say that there aren't some deep problems with flat-rate licensing, especially when it comes to distributing the revenue. >> The poor person you talked about above who doesn't have any money, probably >> doesn't have money to go to concert or hardly any money to buy cds, now all >> the sudden for not so high sum he can expuse his kids to culture variaty he >> haven't seen before. > > Eli, have you ever listened to the... Radio? Have *you*? Did you hear any of the cultural variety Eli is seeking?, With few exceptions, Israeli radio is 30% advertisement for junk and 70% advertisement for ringtones. Eran --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
