On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 04:55 +0000, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Friday 21 April 2006 22:52, Ken Elliott wrote:
>
> > Welcome to the Internet age...
>
> The interesting thing about the Internet, as with anything else, is
how people
> choose to use it.
>
> Blind faith in every fellow man is not safe, as we have all seen. If
you have
> ever observed how someone did something selfish, at others expense,
know it
> can happen at any level of society. The problem is when someone in
greater
> position of power does it. The ramification is much bigger, and thus
their
> responsibility.
>
One of the joys of human nature - "it's all about ME".
> If you are not willing to keep an eye out for when those cross your
path, you
> will loose some or even all your freedom. There was a confidence scam
running
> in the old days back when you could reset the gas pump's counter, at
the
> pump.
>
> You'd fill up three quarters. Stop it, and restart it, topping off the
last
> quarter. Then evey now and then you go in and pay for gas you did not
take
> saying you forgot to pay last time. The attendant would be convinced
you were
> honest.
>
Wow, Steve. You are showing your age.
> These kinds of things have been going on for a very long time from the
bottom
> to the top of society. DRM is one of those things which is being sold
as
> somehting good. Think about all those poor artists who are being
ripped off,
> is one slogan. Except the ones who really rip off artists is the the
ones
> accusing others of it. The record companies.
>
> That does not make piracy OK. But the successful model of reaching the
buying
> public is not limited to record company promotions. That's important
to keep
> in mind.
>
> But all we hear is about how it ruined music sales. (Which I have
evidence on
> saying it actually helped.)
>
> Well, DRM is being run as just another confidence scam. It helps a
few,
> whoever is in control of it. And I can promise it will not be some
great
> independent body who know just the right thing to do.
>
I've heard a lot of complaining about DRM, but what are the "other"
options? What are the proposals to change it? There is always something
better, but if one complains, one needs to have options to bring
forward.
> Our founding fathers had some interesting things to say about people
who took
> away freedoms to help you...
>
> Now this has left computing and moved into politics, which of course
is what
> everything ultimately ends up at anyway. But I'll be happy to continue
this
> eh, different thread, off-list.
>
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