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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious
How would the "customers" of such hypothetical media thieves pay for their "products"? With their credit cards?
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Presumably the same way they currently pay for pirated software. I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I know it happens. HarryT has complained about people selling illegal copies of his software.
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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious
Moreover, that the casual "media pirates" of today will become smart hackers and successful criminal entrepreneurs just because they have difficulties getting media files to upload does make little sense, in my view.
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I didn't say the casual pirates of today would be the ones to write viruses. I'm saying that
someone could write such a virus, and if there's no other way to get their media for free, they'd have a motive to do so. Whether the motive would be enough to persuade them to do it, I have no idea.
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On a side note: I don't understand the point you are trying to make. I am trying to explore (with the help of the MobileRead community) the possibility of devising a "social DRM" system that: (i) lets people be the owners (not the licensees) of their media files; (ii) makes illegal distribution of files more difficult.
Are you saying that this is a bad thing? Why?
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It's a nice idea, but I think it's flawed. If you want to explore the possibility, you have to explore potential flaws as well as benefits. My fear with your idea is that it would have unintended negative consequences.
(Note: I probably won't be able to reply again until after the weekend, so don't be surprised if I go quiet for the next few days)