Re: Intellectual Property and the Default State

jp may (jpm@TWEB.COM)
Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:21:06 -0700

>Also sprach 'jp may' :
>
>>Perhaps, but consider this
>>* at the moment, it is extremely easy to make, and sell for money, legals
>>CDs (Warner Bros does this)
>>* at the moment, it is extremely easy to make, and illegally sell for
>>money, illegal CDs (Chinese people unknown to me do this)
>>
>>* the illegal bit does not happen >at all< in the US but happens
>>extensively in China.
>
>Because Americans like to shop in BIG retail chains for the most part. And
>most of the non-HUMONGOID retail places are usually run by people that have
>some sort of connection to underground music lables. Therefore piracy is
>rare.
>
>But let's look at the video renta/sale business. In America people DO
>pirate movies. Those people who hang out on city streets with tables full
>of movies probably did not get them through an authorized
>distributer. Especially if it's of a movie that is currently playing :-)
>Also, you ever notice that sometimes the videotape from your rental place
>has a label that is photocopied and badly glued on?
>
>Americans don't pirate... heh.
>

No - you're incorrect there. In China music pirating gets a 10 on a scale
of 10. Software pirating, a 10 on the same scale. Video pirating ..
another 10.

In the states, music CD pirating gets a 0.005. Video pirating .. as you
point out .. is a much bigger buisiness .. it gets a 0.02. And software
pirating in the US gets a 1 or 2. (relative to the scores given
China-pirates.)

>
>>* at the moment, it is extremely easy to make, and sell for money, legal
>>digital versions of music over the internet
>>(http://www.bmgmusicservice.com) {I Hate Earthweb, BTW, but thats another
>>story <: } .. although this is in its infancy, of course.
>
>First off, why do you hate earthweb?
>
>They arn't selling digital works over the internet. They are using the
>internaet to sell CDs. Big difference.
>

oh, I'm just jealous .. they're all so rich ..

>>* at the moment, it is extremely easy to illegally rip-off, and sell for
>>money, illegal digital versions of music over the internet
>>(http://www.taylor.org/how-easy/natanthem.aiff) .. although this is in
>>its infancy, of course.
>
>You will soon start to see sites that offer music directly and arn't
>concerned about selling cds. It will be more advertising centered. Free.
>They arn't selling info, they'll be providing a service of a place in where
>one can find music.
>
>>In example A up above, legal and social mores (or if you prefer 'the
>>influence of big corporations', whatever ..) dominate over tech
>>possibilities. So perhaps same will happen as Example B rolls around.
>
>The social morals will follow soon. I don't see how the public has any
>vested interest in keeping IP.
>

Could be !

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