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Originally Posted by GlennD
I may have watched too much Star Trek (they just whip out their PADD and access any written or musical work at the drop of a hat), but I can see a future where consumers simply purchase access to 'content' in general, whether by subscription or some kind of micropayment. Artists would receive compensation whenever someone accessed their work. So rather than worry about where your files are stored, you know you always have access to all of the available content.
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I don't see that future. Technology is not removed from the human world. They are of the human world. And given that, we have fundamental questions regarding ownership, property, access, rights, freedom and so forth that go WAY beyond the realm of technology but technology is part of. These issues I've listed have been part of various societies for a long time.