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And being that I am also a proponent for American's freedoms in the digital world as much as I am in the tangible world I thought I would get a feel for everyone's views here on the issue with this newest latest news flash...
FCC Targets Copying of Digital TV
Hollywood Backs Rule That May Irk Viewers
More rules...do they really need more rules? Or do you think it is time we loosened things up a bit?
Does the entertainment industry's right to protect it's property out thwart our rights as consumers to view our property in the manner we choose?
This tactic of control is their common tool..from the encrypted dvds, to the new encryption on cds and now because their encryption failed on their product they want to require your property, another companies product to be required by law to be altered. They do this already with the country code controls on DVD players and anyone can tell you easily this can be hacked. So will this law even be effectual?
And being that I am also a proponent for American's freedoms in the digital world as much as I am in the tangible world I thought I would get a feel for everyone's views here on the issue with this newest latest news flash... FCC Targets Copying of Digital TV
Hollywood Backs Rule That May Irk Viewers
More rules...do they really need more rules? Or do you think it is time we loosened things up a bit?
Does the entertainment industry's right to protect it's property out thwart our rights as consumers to view our property in the manner we choose?
This tactic of control is their common tool..from the encrypted dvds, to the new encryption on cds and now because their encryption failed on their product they want to require your property, another companies product to be required by law to be altered. They do this already with the country code controls on DVD players and anyone can tell you easily this can be hacked. So will this law even be effectual?
Welcome. This is a good question which raises a lot of issues.
The problems I have with the technology mentioned in this article is that it seems to place a financial burden on the consumer, that it seems to block out ordinary "fair use" of copyrighted material (i.e. copying it for personal use), and that it seems fairly easy for people who want to duplicate the material for illegal purposes to get around it. Hence, I see added costs and inconvenience for very little return.
Not that I have a good solution for the very real problem of copyright violation. Perhaps the only thing to do is to crack down on it at the point at which this material is sold illegally. This is extremely hard to do, of course. I've heard stories of illegal copies of movies being sold on the streets before the film is released in theaters. If the pirates are that sophisticated, simply adding technology that makes it a little more difficult to copy digital information seems pretty ineffective.
The problems I have with the technology mentioned in this article is that it seems to place a financial burden on the consumer, that it seems to block out ordinary "fair use" of copyrighted material (i.e. copying it for personal use), and that it seems fairly easy for people who want to duplicate the material for illegal purposes to get around it. Hence, I see added costs and inconvenience for very little return.
Not that I have a good solution for the very real problem of copyright violation. Perhaps the only thing to do is to crack down on it at the point at which this material is sold illegally. This is extremely hard to do, of course. I've heard stories of illegal copies of movies being sold on the streets before the film is released in theaters. If the pirates are that sophisticated, simply adding technology that makes it a little more difficult to copy digital information seems pretty ineffective.
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Welcome.
Thank you
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Hence, I see added costs and inconvenience for very little return.
Exactly...why does the consumer have to shoulder the costs of industry's wants for their own products protection. In a round about way it all becomes some kind of "tax" to give security welfare for select corporations.
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Not that I have a good solution for the very real problem of copyright violation. Perhaps the only thing to do is to crack down on it at the point at which this material is sold illegally.
This would be impossible to do...but they are attempting it. My question is this...why has the American entertainment industry refused to embrace this new technology? But rather wants to stifle it? They took the same stance when the VCR first came about..and did it destroy them..hardly it made them richer.
Why not offer the songs in mp3 format to d/l legally? Or why not offer the movies in digital format and up for d/l again for a fee?
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