[opendtv] Re: Analysis: Don't Scapegoat Grokster For Music Industry
- From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:33:53 -0700
On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 07:20 -0400, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Companies would have to clear many more legal hurdles before deciding
> to release new products out of fear of being sued because someone
> uses it to infringe on copyrights, he asserts.
Not only that, but there is an entire industry operating in the wings
handling 'content protection enforcement'. Many of them are practicing
the modern equivalent of black-box voodoo, 'protecting' media for large
sums of money on filesharing networks by employing tactics that the
studios don't understand. Its rather absurd and sad (everything they use
is 'revolutionary'), and we will pay the cost for these clowns'
'protection'.
The ideal situation for this 'plan' to make money is that P2P networks
are not hampered in their ability to not enforce themselves. Its
surprising to me that no-one has caught on to this. P2P network legality
(if you want to call it that) doesn't mean a victory for anyone, really.
As David Hannum said, in reference to the sideshow tactics of P.T.
Barnum, "There's a sucker born every minute" - ultimately it will be the
legal media consumers.
Cheers
Kon
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