To: John Robertson
John,
First off great analogy!
I think one of the most interesting things we have seen is the success of iTunes in selling individual songs on line, rather than try to suppress technology apple adopted it and helped themselves, consumers, and the music industry. I think the problem with the DMCA is that it assumes if you copy your intent is to break the law so that if I buy a DVD and I wish to back it up I am committing some kind of crime. This is about a handful of companies trying to reverse fair-use. Its akin to media companies trying to push copyright out further and further past what the founding fathers would have considered reasonable in Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution.
245 posted on
04/26/2006 12:18:21 PM PDT by
N3WBI3
("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
To: N3WBI3
Agree, mostly. Thanks.
Like your profile.
246 posted on
04/26/2006 12:28:40 PM PDT by
John Robertson
(Even if we disagree now, we may agree later. Or vice versa.)
To: N3WBI3
Agree, mostly. Thanks.
Like your profile.
247 posted on
04/26/2006 12:28:46 PM PDT by
John Robertson
(Even if we disagree now, we may agree later. Or vice versa.)
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