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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
How much poorer will our culture be in 200 years than it could be if we make sure that artists continue to have a chance of making a living off of their work.
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The vast majority of them can't do it right now. And the major enemy of lesser-known artists is obscurity, not unauthorised copying.
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And how many other people who develop copyrighted work (Like software engineers) will not bother if they can't be compensated for their work.
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Why don't you ask the open source movement? There's an awful lot of software engineers out there working on software which, when released, anyone can copy for their friends. Legally.
There's a simply choice - either business models can adapt, or the book industry can end up in the same situation as the music industry where regardless of the threats made, a third of a generation has no intention of ever compensating them for their products.
Microsoft have talked about how you can't realistically hope to contain darknets.
Also, iTunes is responsible directly for some of the decline of the music industry. How? It's broken the concept of "album". Filler tunes no longer sell.
HansTWM - Eh. The BBC's products tend to do pretty well here (and indeed, worldwide). I'm going to suggest poor production values for Government-owned German TV rather than anything inherent in the concept.