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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2719527" data-attributes="member: 12332"><p>Business models just need to change to adopt new technologies, is all.</p><p></p><p>It's something I'm thinking very hard about, because the guy that perfects it is going to make himself unbelievably wealthy.</p><p></p><p>The music industry of its time thought the world was coming to an end when the player piano was invented.</p><p></p><p>And again when the cassette tape was invented.</p><p></p><p>The movie industry tried to block the invention of the VCR, then attempted to legislate copyright control so that it could be used only for playback of official media.</p><p></p><p>The internet and digitalization is merely another step in media evolution.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The concept of copyright as a legal entity wasn't actually created by or for content creators, anyway. It originated with booksellers, who bought manuscripts from authors and had them printed to be sold by them ... both wholesale to other shops and from their own personal shop (at a bit of a discount). It was pretty common practice for distant booksellers to get a copy and send it to their own printer (the pirate printer) and have it printed for sale in their own area ... much to the chagrin of the original sellers, who then demanded legal protection to the rights to print the only available copies of a manuscript they purchased. </p><p></p><p>Some authors would purposefully mess with booksellers/publishers by correcting and adding a small amount to a manuscript they had sold to ONE bookseller, then sell the new version to ANOTHER bookseller, who would then print it and advertise it as newly updated and addended by the author. A few would even purposefully sell the same manuscript under the table to known pirateers in distant areas to guarantee their work would get as wide a distribution as possible.</p><p></p><p>Copyright's never been about content producers. It's all about distribution. The internet currently allows for effectively infinite and free distribution of content, which rucks up the whole pyramid ... it currently also allows for content producers to put their own stuff directly into the network without the middleman. Eventually, however, a bright boy is going to figure out how to make bank with a new distribution system based off of digital copy and a whole new methodology of distribution will arise. </p><p></p><p>And when the next new technology gives power to the consumer (because that's what it is really about), the same guys that figured out how to make the internet make them rich will moan and complain and lobby the government to criminalize it.</p><p></p><p>--fje</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2719527, member: 12332"] Business models just need to change to adopt new technologies, is all. It's something I'm thinking very hard about, because the guy that perfects it is going to make himself unbelievably wealthy. The music industry of its time thought the world was coming to an end when the player piano was invented. And again when the cassette tape was invented. The movie industry tried to block the invention of the VCR, then attempted to legislate copyright control so that it could be used only for playback of official media. The internet and digitalization is merely another step in media evolution. :) The concept of copyright as a legal entity wasn't actually created by or for content creators, anyway. It originated with booksellers, who bought manuscripts from authors and had them printed to be sold by them ... both wholesale to other shops and from their own personal shop (at a bit of a discount). It was pretty common practice for distant booksellers to get a copy and send it to their own printer (the pirate printer) and have it printed for sale in their own area ... much to the chagrin of the original sellers, who then demanded legal protection to the rights to print the only available copies of a manuscript they purchased. Some authors would purposefully mess with booksellers/publishers by correcting and adding a small amount to a manuscript they had sold to ONE bookseller, then sell the new version to ANOTHER bookseller, who would then print it and advertise it as newly updated and addended by the author. A few would even purposefully sell the same manuscript under the table to known pirateers in distant areas to guarantee their work would get as wide a distribution as possible. Copyright's never been about content producers. It's all about distribution. The internet currently allows for effectively infinite and free distribution of content, which rucks up the whole pyramid ... it currently also allows for content producers to put their own stuff directly into the network without the middleman. Eventually, however, a bright boy is going to figure out how to make bank with a new distribution system based off of digital copy and a whole new methodology of distribution will arise. And when the next new technology gives power to the consumer (because that's what it is really about), the same guys that figured out how to make the internet make them rich will moan and complain and lobby the government to criminalize it. --fje [/QUOTE]
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