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 gaforcesUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
3 edits | MPAA learning from the US govt I expect the MPAA and RIAA to fold and new kinder, gentler organizations to rise from the ashes 
They have to avoid repercussions somehow, what better way.
Look at the book sellers, they had a harder time with pirates from the beginning, their files are smaller and easier to pirate.
So they embraced the web and started subscriptions services, offered free web library sections, didn't get greedy and charged less for web sales to reflect the cost savings of not having to bind books.
They sold a TON on amazon, they did volume sales, and made money.
Instead of DRM, most of them tried to make their material compatible on many different formats, and they include these different formats in every distribution, and without restrictions!~
»www.baen.com/
Eric Flint was right on target with his stance on piracy;
»www.baen.com/library/home.htm
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‘Do ye, quieting in your bosoms your strong hearts,
Who of many good things have had your fill even to surfeit,
With what is moderate nourish your mighty desire; for neither will
We yield, nor shall you have all else as you wish.’
Solon | |
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| said by gaforces:I expect the MPAA and RIAA to fold and new kinder, gentler organizations to rise from the ashes They are pushing for the formation of a new Uber Government Agency with supreme powers. It's called the Depart ment of Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement, or DIPPE for short.
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"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!) | |
 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to gaforces
said by gaforces:I expect the MPAA and RIAA to fold and new kinder, gentler organizations to rise from the ashes They have to avoid repercussions somehow, what better way. Look at the book sellers, they had a harder time with pirates from the beginning, their files are smaller and easier to pirate. So they embraced the web and started subscriptions services, offered free web library sections, didn't get greedy and charged less for web sales to reflect the cost savings of not having to bind books. They sold a TON on amazon, they did volume sales, and made money. Instead of DRM, most of them tried to make their material compatible on many different formats, and they include these different formats in every distribution, and without restrictions!~ » www.baen.com/Eric Flint was right on target with his stance on piracy; » www.baen.com/library/home.htm Once other thing that Baen has done. Many of their Series Hardbacks come with a free CD with all the prior books on it in all the formats that are in the Baen Online Library. In addition, the CD has printed on it PERMISSION to dupe AND DISTRIBUTE the CD. When I go on a trip, my Baen issued books go along in the form of those CDs (recycled electrons edition) not the "Dead Trees" edition.
As Eric states, the Online and CD editions leads to the purchase of the printed copies since the latter are easier to read.
For those who claim that getting movies via File Sharing (ie: So Called Piracy), robs the Studio of payment for the DVD Copy, I will point out a bigger set of "Pirates" who also do not pay the Studios for all the people viewing the movies via the DVD - Blockbuster, Netflix, and your neighborhood Public Library. | |
gaforcesUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA | You can download all those CD's online at >> »baencd.thefifthimperium.com/ | |
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