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rlauzon · 07-08-2007, 06:04 AM

This whole Blackmask/Conde Nast thing just shows that the real threat to the media industry is itself - not the "pirates".

Something else comes to mind, though:
If I was an art dealer and I saw a Van Gogh at a garage sale for $5, according to the law, if I purchased the painting for $5, I would be committing a crime. The intent of the law is that I know that the painting is worth far more than $5 and that by paying only $5 I would be defrauding the people who are selling the painting.

Now, what's the difference between that and the Content Cartel paying (effectively) peanuts to get the rights to some content?

07-08-2007, 06:04 AM	#6
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	This whole Blackmask/Conde Nast thing just shows that the real threat to the media industry is itself - not the "pirates". Something else comes to mind, though: If I was an art dealer and I saw a Van Gogh at a garage sale for $5, according to the law, if I purchased the painting for $5, I would be committing a crime. The intent of the law is that I know that the painting is worth far more than $5 and that by paying only $5 I would be defrauding the people who are selling the painting. Now, what's the difference between that and the Content Cartel paying (effectively) peanuts to get the rights to some content?