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The IP/Copyright crowd has waged war on the consumer for decades. Until recently, they had the tools and money to do as they pleased. Exclusive to beta, exclusive to vhs, DVD, BR, cassettes, records...if this is about protecting IP, then once I have licensed the IP, I should be entitled to have it in any format that suits my use. How many times does one have to pay George Lucas for StarWars? If I decide to replace my kindle with a nook, why should I have to pay again for the same IP? Why do I have to pay for games twice so my kids can play on the PS3 or the XBox? Why can't I bring my own snacks to a theater?
PBS *really* takes the cake. They use public funds to create and promote content then 1) sell the product at a profit, and 2) sue the pants off anyone who shows up at a brithday party dressed as a purple dinosaur. If the public pays to develop IP shouldn't it be in the public domain?
I'll bet if you if it was not possible to duplicate IP and that IP only had to be licensed once per consumer, the IP industry would see a substantial net loss.
I have downloaded 158 e-books from Amazon.com since purchasing my kindle. I paid for three of them. If there were no free books on Amazon.com, I would have three books on my kindle. I watched three movies on Netflix yesterday and would not have paid a buck (let alone dropped $30 at a theater) to see one of them.
Enough of the whining.
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