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8 comments:

I think it is interesting to think about how content provides would function if there were no copyright laws at all.
by: Mike (contact) - 23 Jan '11 - 18:34
China is interesting!
by: Kyle (contact) - 25 Jan '11 - 16:54
That is a great point.
It will be really be interesting if they continue to not enforce the laws and continue to grow so rapidly.
We will find out if a business model for chinese intellectual / digital goods could emerge and profit without copyright.
by: Mike (contact) - 25 Jan '11 - 22:11
I wonder what percent of incidents of copyright violation in the US are prosecuted?
I think a generous guess would be half a percent?
by: Kyle (contact) - 26 Jan '11 - 08:01
I think that would be extremely generous. I wonder how many people choose pay for content because of: 1) convenience, 2) fairness, 3) quality, 4) lack of technical expertise (drm) vs. fear of prosecution.
by: Mike (contact) - 26 Jan '11 - 23:15
My first experience with paid amazon content was actually very negative.
I linked my Tivo with Amazon (not trivial), bought some shows, then spent 15 minutes in Tivo menus looking for the shows.
(Turns out the correct answer is to login to Amazon and click something *there* to tell your Tivo to download it).
I also have a friend who will get 3x disks from netflix, rip them to his video ipod to watch when traveling.
Just as illegal as torrenting really, but with even less chance of being caught.
by: Kyle (contact) - 27 Jan '11 - 15:51
That's pretty funny. For you (a technically sophisticated user) its just easier to pirate.
So, it seems to me, your decision on whether to pirate boils down to your assessment of the fairness of the piracy.
As as result of your comment, I did a little research on China, since I think you are right that it is an interesting case.
I found this article from 2003 about how the development of Chinese media / content is starting to drive a domestic demand for IP protection. But it is also interesting because it outlines perceived cultural barriers to the entire notion of IP and copyrights.
http://www.law.duke.edu/jou...
Though, not an adherent to Confucianism, I personally have a hard time accepting that someone can "own an idea".
by: Mike (contact) - 30 Jan '11 - 01:07
I'm mainly chewing on this because the law as currently written an enforced really isn't providing any barrier.
After talking to Jason about Baen Book's model, I think we ended up deciding that, in the case of books, pirating the first book of an author's was okay.
I call it the "First one's free" doctrine. It obviously isn't very fair to the one book authors out there, but it seems more fair than intellectual property anarchy.
I think it could equally apply to music.
Although I have a hard time finding a way to extend it to movies, music or games in a meaningful way...
by: Kyle (contact) - 02 Feb '11 - 09:01



 


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