DRM Future

[guest1955]

Hey everyone!

I need some help from all you lovely people!

I'm doing my dissertation on DRM for my Uni course and I need some people to help me out by filling in a questionaire about what you believe is legal and what's not in the situations I present regarding the aquirement of music.

My theory is that the majority of those that use Internet services to get their music do not know the full extent of the law with regards to there actions. Therefore it is the government that should educate the masses at a young age.
By making everyone aware and accountable for their actions, we could hopefully see a reduction in piracy and (also hopefully) a reduction in DRM for music.

I would be very grateful if you could email me your results (E-mail address removed per members request) and encourage those that are not quite so confident about answering correctly to have a go (It's you that I want answers from- if everyone is tiptop on their knowledge of copyright law, then my theory is bunk)

I hope this isn't regarded as spamming (If it is, then by all means remove it mods).

Also any thoughts on my theory (Be it negative or positive) and what your own thoughts on what the future of DRM will look like, would be also greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[guest1955]

Question 1: Which of the following is deemed legal (Choose as many as you want):

A   Lending an Audio CD to a friend

B   Renting from a Library      

C   Purchasing Audio CDs from the
   second hand martket      

D   Downloading commercial music for
   free through services such as
   Kazaa, WinMX, BearShare      

E   Downloading commercial music and
   paying through services such as
   Apple Music Store, Napster   


Question 2: If you loan an Audio CD from
from a Library, copy the CD and then
distribute the copy to friends: at
what point would you be commiting an
offence? (Choose one)

A   When loaning the CD

B   When copying the CD

C   When distributing the CD



Question 3: Which of the follwing are illegal?
(Choose as many as you want)

A   Playing your music collection to
   a group of friends in private
   eg A party

B   Playing your music in public   
   eg A park

C   Playing 'stolen' music in
   public

D   Playing 'stolen' music at
   home

E   'Ripping' Audio CDs into MP3s


Your information:

Age:

Upto 18    []
19 to 29    []
30 to 39   []
40 to 49   []
50 +      []

Gender:

Male      []
Female      []

[guest1955]

Of course, I will be giving out free bummings to anyone who helps me out too; if that makes the offer more attractive? ;-)

[Cyberus]

tangletown wrote:
Of course, I will be giving out free bummings to anyone who helps me out too; if that makes the offer more attractive? ;-)

The bummings are hardly an incentive

Cyberus wrote:

tangletown wrote:
Of course, I will be giving out free bummings to anyone who helps me out too; if that makes the offer more attractive? ;-)

The bummings are hardly an incentive

Unless you are a repressed homosexual from downunder. ;-)

tangletown wrote:
Of course, I will be giving out free bummings to anyone who helps me out too; if that makes the offer more attractive? ;-)

I had to misfortune to live in Leicester for 9 months in the first part of this decade.

I came to that conclusion about you all then. :lol:

[Cyberus]

Well it would depend if you prefer to give or receive ;-)

Cyberus wrote:
Well it would depend if you prefer to give or receive ;-)

Either way you're fecked! ;-)

[guest1955]

Well, I'm glad you two fell for my device to keep this bumped! Now if only you two could stop PM-ing me for the bummings up front and do the questionaire....

[odin]

There you go.

tangletown wrote:
Well, I'm glad you two fell for my device to keep this bumped! Now if only you two could stop PM-ing me for the bummings up front and do the questionaire....

Are you at the proper University, or just the Poly?

[Karlos]

Meeeooow :lol:

[guest1955]

@Odin
Thank you

@mdma

Neither- I decided to go Uni in a county where I'd get stoned for my "race". (See profile)  :roll:
Note to those that don't get it: think Springfield and Shelbyville