tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14400013.post113807718532796842..comments2023-06-04T04:20:56.501-04:00Comments on Diatribes - Computer, Economic & Political: Why The Copyright System is BrokenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14400013.post-66794528782942665652007-07-12T12:12:00.000-04:002007-07-12T12:12:00.000-04:00This reminds me of when the RIAA sued AllofMp3 for...This reminds me of when the RIAA sued AllofMp3 for $150,000 per song. Did it cost that much to create? Heck no! Not to mention they sued for 1.65trillion...larger than Russia's economy. That's just plain ridiculous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795357642598314119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14400013.post-1138641765947963142006-01-30T12:22:00.000-05:002006-01-30T12:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you agree. Be...Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you agree. Believe it or not I came up with the Disney thing on my own with the Brothers Grimm. I was chatting with some guy over IRC and he fed me some pretty juicy lines. I'm a little disappointed that he didn't come up with them, that he was feeding me Lessig, but there are worse people to be fed with. I'll add a link and give him credit thanks for the tip.<BR/><BR/>I'm working on an essay on regular patents right now. Actually I have to give a presentation on them in my Econ 475 (public policy) class, so it is just going to be a write up from that, but there is some interesting stuff. The patent system is almost as broken as the copyright/IP system, but not as bad. It serves a far more important puprose too. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you like Orwell. 1984 is spectacular. If you like stuff in the vein of Orwell, check out Vonnegut. I've read 10 or 11 of his books, liked most of them. Lauren is on her third. They read freakishly fast. The ones I'd recommend are "Mother Night" "Cat's Cradle" and lastly "Slaughterhouse Five." Slaughterhouse 5 gets the most recognition, which is sad. It is great, but the other two are better. <BR/><BR/>One other problem with DRM is that it serves two purposes. Marketers (who want your information) and content providers. Neither of these are the tech industry itself. So these content providers and marketers are pushing huge negative externalities (extra costs) on the tech industry, whose needs really should supercede that of content.jambaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571498254549066626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14400013.post-1138510324027653812006-01-28T23:52:00.000-05:002006-01-28T23:52:00.000-05:00Yeah, I remeber seeing a lot of that in one of les...Yeah, I remeber seeing a lot of that in one of lessig's presentations here: http://lessig.org/freeculture/<BR/><BR/>On the flip side, congress is claiming the mickey thing coincidence and they were just following International Copyright laws, read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie<BR/><BR/>I am not a fan of an IP free society, but I do believe there are limits to what we should copyright(or patent), and how long they should last. ~100 years is an insane amount of time for a piece of work to be protected. Software patents, or immaterial patents in general are stupid. We should be patenting designs and engineering, not ideas or concepts.<BR/><BR/>George Orwell one of the greatest writers of all time (IMHO) wrote about a future (or past depending on how you look at it ;P) where government has taken control over every aspect our lives, nicknamed Big Brother. It's slowly becoming apparent that Big Brother is actually Big Business, corporations that want to suck every penny they can out of the consumer, and control what the consumer does with what they "own". They will try to nickel and dime you for eveything much like US taxes do :P. DRM is the toe in the door. Slowly they will start charging you for more and more things. Instead of buying a DVD, you will be buying the right to watch a movie. Why make a standard format, when you can make money off of multiple differing formats. (Ex: different memory card formats, except now apply the DRM, do you think those "10-in-1" readers would exist in a hypothetical DRM future?)<BR/><BR/>The other thing about Big Business like our Big Brother, is privacy ,(going slightly OT). Companies are trying to find out everything they can about you. Who you are what you do, what you buy, the list goes on. Do they need to know any of that: no. But they are slowly getting you used to you releasing your information to them. In the future when you go to buy your uber limited, DRM ridden DVD, you won't be only be paying in money, but you'll be paying in privacy. When you're wathcing your movie on your industry controlled playback device it's going to phone home to check to make sure you have permission to view it, and it will send them what you are wathcing, when you are watching it, and the list goes on.<BR/><BR/>Much more to my thoughts, but It's late and I'm tired.<BR/><BR/>--JakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14400013.post-1138080011362710602006-01-24T00:20:00.000-05:002006-01-24T00:20:00.000-05:00Just posted the comment above. What are some alter...Just posted the comment above. What are some alternatives to the current system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14400013.post-1138079721914654572006-01-24T00:15:00.000-05:002006-01-24T00:15:00.000-05:00Wow, I must say you have written an excellent piec...Wow, I must say you have written an excellent piece. I have been doing research gearing up to post a similar article on my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com