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<blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 120844" data-attributes="member: 530">The unregulated black market can adapt much faster than the government or companies can.&nbsp; Every new thing they do takes forever to either legislate, run through R&amp;D, and/or establish questionably applied standards from multiple software and hardware vendors (look what Microsoft and Netscape did to standards, for example).We can waste tons of money researching technology that can and will be quickly circumvented by any 15 year old kid, and have the side effects of this constantly changing technology creating both rapid obsolescence cycles as well as impairing legal use (such as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act will do on a massive scale), or we can accept reality and find a new economic model that works.&nbsp; I don't see the point in wasting so many resources pursuing unenforceable laws that a large percentage of the population has few moral or ethical qualms against breaking.These copyright issues are impeding the growth of the economy.&nbsp; Think about how different the history of the internet would have been if intellectual property rights were strictly upheld and protected.&nbsp; For one, we wouldn't have this very message board and I wouldn't be able to type &quot;Dungeons and Dragons&quot; right now.&nbsp; If we want to move ahead into a good future we need to think of something new.&nbsp; Information is free.&nbsp; You can not own a song, story, or poem (expand on this as implications permit).&nbsp; The very concept is ridiculous and a completely modern invention.EDIT:&nbsp; Just to clarify though, I do think that it's really a shame that small companies lose money to piracy and I do sympathize.&nbsp; I just wish people would look ahead to get us out of this dilemma we're in now instead of clinging to old, outdated, standards that no longer apply to the new social and economic models that are emerging today as a result of the massive proliferation of cheap communication and media distribution/reproduction technology.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenjib, post: 120844, member: 530"] The unregulated black market can adapt much faster than the government or companies can. Every new thing they do takes forever to either legislate, run through R&D, and/or establish questionably applied standards from multiple software and hardware vendors (look what Microsoft and Netscape did to standards, for example). We can waste tons of money researching technology that can and will be quickly circumvented by any 15 year old kid, and have the side effects of this constantly changing technology creating both rapid obsolescence cycles as well as impairing legal use (such as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act will do on a massive scale), or we can accept reality and find a new economic model that works. I don't see the point in wasting so many resources pursuing unenforceable laws that a large percentage of the population has few moral or ethical qualms against breaking. These copyright issues are impeding the growth of the economy. Think about how different the history of the internet would have been if intellectual property rights were strictly upheld and protected. For one, we wouldn't have this very message board and I wouldn't be able to type "Dungeons and Dragons" right now. If we want to move ahead into a good future we need to think of something new. Information is free. You can not own a song, story, or poem (expand on this as implications permit). The very concept is ridiculous and a completely modern invention. EDIT: Just to clarify though, I do think that it's really a shame that small companies lose money to piracy and I do sympathize. I just wish people would look ahead to get us out of this dilemma we're in now instead of clinging to old, outdated, standards that no longer apply to the new social and economic models that are emerging today as a result of the massive proliferation of cheap communication and media distribution/reproduction technology. [/QUOTE]

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