around the 1/9/05 Richard mentioned about [videoblogging] copy protection in new windows version that: >... I don't want to be overly dramatic (well, on the other hand, >yeah I do), but, the stage is definately being set for science >fiction reality show where the consumer will no longer own rights to >any of the entertainment media on their own system, whether they buy >it or not ...
as Andreas pointed out here a while back, this is already the case with the iTunes music store. What you purchase is a licence to use. This is capital's response to digital technology where scarcity no longer exists - the logic of the market requires scarcity (otherwise how can it determine value?) and so invents a licencing scheme that, out of the ether, generates restrictions. -- cheers Adrian Miles hypertext.RMIT <URL:http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vlog> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
