Re: Design principles and ethics

[Bas Wijnen]

On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 08:23:19PM +0200, Pierre THIERRY wrote:
> Scribit Bas Wijnen dies 03/05/2006 hora 19:46:
> > But it is clear to me that once the cost of making a copy is 0,
> > charging people per copy just doesn't make sense.
> 
> Did you notice we don't call it copyfee but copyright? This has
> absolutely nothing to do with the cost of copying.

It does.  Copyright was only possible because copying was an expensive
operation.  The cheaper it became, the harder to enforce it.  Now that in many
cases the cost is 0, it is completely unenforcable.

Now they're coming up with DRM to "fix" that problem.  Instead they should
think of a better way to make sure the artists are being paid.

Thanks,
Bas

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