Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 18, 2002 11:02 PM
You have individual rights, but exchange of money is not an idividual right because it can be used to subjugate and control others. Corporations are nothing but mechanisms of subjugation but we grant them these rights to control our lives only so far as they are improving life for everyone.
If it is better for society for the music and movie industry to become obsolete then they should. There is no appeal to rights here. The only valid argument for DRM is whether it will hurt the quality of music and movies available if we allow free distribution. I think the answer is obvious: Free exchange of data (movies, music, and software) do more to improve society than a corprate system can on its own. Its time that we stop running to defend corprate rights and demand they find a new source of revenue that doesn't hurt the consumer. A business founded on denying a service to the public cannot be considered valid. Imagine a world where everyone, regardless of income level (granted they can get to a computer) has access to all the liturature ever written and all music ever composed. Where all people have access to the tools needed to improve their lives. This is not far away, the only thing in the way is corprate greed and an uncaring public.
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Re:Here we go again
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 18, 2002 11:02 PMYou have individual rights, but exchange of money is not an idividual right because it can be used to subjugate and control others. Corporations are nothing but mechanisms of subjugation but we grant them these rights to control our lives only so far as they are improving life for everyone.
If it is better for society for the music and movie industry to become obsolete then they should. There is no appeal to rights here. The only valid argument for DRM is whether it will hurt the quality of music and movies available if we allow free distribution. I think the answer is obvious: Free exchange of data (movies, music, and software) do more to improve society than a corprate system can on its own. Its time that we stop running to defend corprate rights and demand they find a new source of revenue that doesn't hurt the consumer. A business founded on denying a service to the public cannot be considered valid. Imagine a world where everyone, regardless of income level (granted they can get to a computer) has access to all the liturature ever written and all music ever composed. Where all people have access to the tools needed to improve their lives. This is not far away, the only thing in the way is corprate greed and an uncaring public.
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