That's why the ogg-vorbis group created a non-profit,
to make themselves into a legal charity entity. Same
thing with the freesoftware foundation, I guess beyond
that we can all move to moscow!
--- Sander van Zoest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Dave Phillips wrote:
>
> > See the short story on Slashdot, or get the
> scoop (such as it is) at
> > the BC2K Web site.
>
> I think this is mostly in regards to the Dolby AC3
> code, the Adobe Reader
> cracked, etc.
>
> This is percisly why it is hard to work in the media
> field right now. If
> you are not working on saving the old school methods
> of the majors content
> or working on technology that could revolutionize
> the industry you might
> as well expect to become a poor bum. They are doing
> everything they can
> to maximize their margins and will kill anything
> that could potentially
> pose a new threat of their control. Even if what you
> are doing is creating
> a larger market for them by porting or creating
> software on other platforms
> they will first sue you and then turn around and
> milk what you did for
> all its worth.
>
> The people with power are those with IP and money.
> They will buy out
> anyone in their way. I mean the new SSSCA bill is a
> good example. I have
> been involved in a music industry startup that got
> sued to death and
> have been debating on joining in on the P2P scene.
> The problem is that
> the law is much more looking at the details and
> technicalities versus
> the actual intend of it all. I have a lot of desire
> to stay in the music
> tech industry, but I really hate seeing great ideas
> being abused where
> the artists, song writers, producers and especially
> the consumer slowly
> looses their rights. The record industry wants you
> to pay for a song
> everytime you want to listen to it via a different
> medium (although I
> am sure charging per second would be prefered). I am
> not sure what to
> do about it, but I am not surprised and I hope there
> is something we can
> do to fight this and get our rights back. The
> biggest problem though is
> that a large percentage of the people in this world
> are not even aware of
> the limitations they have on the content they just
> recently purchased.
>
> We are in hard times right now and it almost at a
> point where I agree
> with the Broadcast 2000 folks that maybe pulling out
> and avoiding being
> taken advantage of until we find a way to fight for
> our rights is a
> sad, but potential way I have to go.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Sander van Zoest
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> High Geek
> http://Sander.vanZoest.com/
>
>
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