Turrican said:
I really don't like that paragraph! Words like "Microsoft", "Paladium" and "RIAA" instantly come into mind. This looks like M$'s vision of controlling the user, the internet and eventually the whole World! Internet was meant to be FREE and everybody I know likes it that way. An attempt to restrict what the user does with his/her computer (either on the on the internet or locally and on any level) would be the worst thing IMO.
Yes, this worries me a lot too. I clearly feel this is unavoidable, "they" want to implant changes to law, hardware and software, so "they" can finally control it: The Internet.
My suggestion is to not let them do what they want. They will give excuses like copyright preservation to increase control over citizens. Instead, we have to give an optional route, so they get empty of excuses.
My view is to effectively enforce a system in which copyright is perfectly defined for digital content. Add to it an infraestructure of identity and e-commerce that WORKS and is REALLY SECURE.
Well, now avoid doing it too much restrictive, so pirating is still possible, but it becomes something without sense because you can easilly pay e-money for intelectual property, giving you rights to play music or movies EVERY TIME you want.
You pay ONCE you have it forever.
The system must include features such as giving information of how what you pay is split between the author, the producer, etc..
The system must be built in such a way as to make it so decentralized that anyone can sell its copyrighted material without intervention of big organizations. THIS is true capitalism. Anyone can buy, anyone can sell.
My view is to establish a system which turns P2P into legality, with the added ability to provide means to normal people to create content that can be sold without the hassles of being tied to a big company.
Consequences: With time, I am sure that big players of music will loose its place because of their mediocre quality. Modest artists will be as powerful as them and will rise from the obscure places they are now.
