Comment You Will Be Assimilated, Copied and Transfered. (Score 1) 567
Whoa you know I read that article this morning and I really don't see that the artists and the producers have much of a chance to put the genie back into the bottle. They're basically screwed if they let this technology kind of happen to them.
I suppose the ICrave case is one case where the Man won and the little Canadian guy got stomped, but there's a big difference between going after a major server site downloading video streams and millions of students swapping MP3 files. You can't subpoena the Earth afterall, at least not inexpensively. Furthermore,there are more private internets being created where anonymity will reign. What happens when you don't even know who to sue? Not much probably.
I would suggest, as a possible answer, is that artists take a look at what's happening and try to create a business model for the future. My humble suggestion would be creating a MTV like portal that would allow micropayment or telephone bill payment for something like a buck a song. And to offer a better user experience than anybody else is.
It's not fair. You would think learning an alternate chord progression would be enough. But the truth is the artist has to either adapt to the new media or go the way of 8 tracks and Beta.
I suppose the ICrave case is one case where the Man won and the little Canadian guy got stomped, but there's a big difference between going after a major server site downloading video streams and millions of students swapping MP3 files. You can't subpoena the Earth afterall, at least not inexpensively. Furthermore,there are more private internets being created where anonymity will reign. What happens when you don't even know who to sue? Not much probably.
I would suggest, as a possible answer, is that artists take a look at what's happening and try to create a business model for the future. My humble suggestion would be creating a MTV like portal that would allow micropayment or telephone bill payment for something like a buck a song. And to offer a better user experience than anybody else is.
It's not fair. You would think learning an alternate chord progression would be enough. But the truth is the artist has to either adapt to the new media or go the way of 8 tracks and Beta.
