> > > > Would there be a way to legally implement Freedora? > > History has shown the only way to succeed with any innovative music > product is to build it first and deal with the legal issues later. For > example, if this were built in a fashion that made it incredibly easy to > "tip" music you like, and if it grows fast enough and enough people do > it, its legality won't matter. But if you wait to get everything lined > up and signed in triplicate from the labels up front, it'll never happen. >
The idea of "tipping" is interesting. But who would share their credit card numbers in a system that is disseminating copyrighted content? That is tricky. > > > For instance, what if the files were automatically encrypted while being > > downloaded, and could be streamed only by a special player, in agreement > > with the music companies? The special player could, for instance, > > download commercials from time to time? > > Nothing that requires the sign off of the record companies has ever > succeeded. I wouldn't recommend trying to break new ground there. > Well, Pandora, SpotFree and others succeeded! Best regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
