Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

Posted Jun 25, 2004 11:41 UTC (Fri) by cpuffer (guest, #22586)
In reply to: Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com) by ccchips
Parent article: Senate bill bans P2P networks (News.com)

NO THE STUDIOS AND THE LABELS AND THE PUBLISHERS WOULD STILL BE COMPLAINING and trying to take away our basic rights.

Why?

Because if you can make a copy you can make an original (I am talking tech not talent). If the tools for making originals become common and the channels to distribute them become open. Then the studios and labels and publishers could not force extract money from the process. They force up the price for the consumer and pay the artists as little as they can. they can do this because they control the artists access to the consumer and the consumers access to the artist.

The technologies that they cry "Piracy" to put down are the same technologies that could force them out of business. (I can understand why they fight). When people make infringing copies they give the moral high ground to the studios and labels and publishers. If infringement stopped they would have to come out and say what they really want a cartel protected by the government.

So yes if people stopped infringing then the fight to protect or rights to speak, be secure in our papers, and to enjoy our property would be clearer.

But the fight would still have to be.

Charles Puffer

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