Aug 7, 2002 | audio, DRM, file_sharing
There is growing tension between the computer industry and the entertainment industry about how to handle copyright issues. It’s easy for me to imagine new business models for the recording industry that would make it unnecessary for them to act like thugs. But the...
Aug 6, 2002 | audio, DRM, file_sharing
Janis Ian wrote a thoughtful followup to her original article about the record industry – insightful comments on the wrongheadedness of the industry’s current approach to its “piracy problem” and suggestions for new business models that would...
Jul 29, 2002 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, law
The entertainment industry has so far proven to be completely paralyzed by new consumer technology, unable or unwilling to come up with ways to do business that take changing consumer desires and expectations into account. Instead, it’s been enriching legions of...
Jul 25, 2002 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, law
Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders to disable your PC if you run a file sharing program. Later this week, Rep. Howard Berman, (a California Democrat whose district includes Hollywood) will introduce...
Jul 22, 2002 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, humor
The recording industry has developed a new recording format that is piracy-proof. Here’s an article with more details. Nicknamed the ‘Record’, the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a...
Jul 18, 2002 | audio, file_sharing
Remember Janis Ian, folksinger since the 60s? She wrote an article about file sharing that is being widely circulated (it turned up on CNet today). She draws on common sense and her own experience to make an obvious point: people will buy music if they’re allowed to...
