Randy Remote wrote:
> They have said they do not intend to do that (for now?)-they
> know it would be suicide to their public image. Technology
> exists that can identify the 'fingerprint' of any recorded work-
> it is already being used to collect royalties-a search engine of
> that type is another possible way of dealing with it.
The MPAA (movies) has already begun this process with Gnutella users and their
ISP's. One guy from Sony made a comment a few months ago that they would go as
far as snooping on hard drives and cracking down on a few individuals to make
the point.
>
> But what is a library, exactly?
There is a specific definition of a public institutions. So unless you bought
Tower and gave it to the public, you wouldn't be able to do that.
> > As far as subscription services go, they are going to fail because the
> > major labels won't join together to do it,
>
> I thought 4 of the 5 majors had made a deal with Napster. I agree
> that if they fragment their catalogs to different providers, they will
> kill the golden goose.
BMG (who owns a stake in Napster now) has given up on trying to get the other
majors to play ball with them. Warner, EMI and Sony are doing an AOL thing
involving Real (how much does Real audio suck??). And Universal has it's
service Duet.
