From eric hill Sent Thu, Apr 15th 1999, 21:34
From eric hill Sent Thu, Apr 15th 1999, 21:34
>the comparison between illegal mp3 files and burglary, well, i dismiss this >out of hand. this has been said ever since the first software pirates were indeed, the difference is that with burglary the person doesn't have a tv after it's stolen, where with mp3/"music theft" it's an economic deprivation. john lennon said "music is everybody's, it's only the publishers who think otherwise." >if you want it, you'll be able to get it. there's no way the record >companies can keep it in check, the way things are going now. the way things are going now is that the record industry is trying to come up with a way to proprietize digital/streaming media, so that the only way to listen to bitwise music will be to use a program that controls whether you are able to save a copy on your hard drive or pay for each listen. this will most likely be presented as an improvement over mp3 (expect to hear the scare-word "lossy" a lot) where many people will accept the trade-off of industry-sourced sound files over making/downloading/filing their own. this is inevitable as the industry strives to make streaming media a revenue source (same results with fewer people than a radio station means higher margins). of course, while people can keep using mp3 to whatever ends they put it, expect there to be extreme pressure/advertising/technical articles to "upgrade." eric onnow: jim o'rourke : eureka (touch and go)