Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
> And the same extension argument can be placed on the recorded CD
> argument. If you've bought a CD, then presumably, downloading someone
> else's rip ought to be okay.
>
> Unfortunately, the music/film industries don't see it that way,
> mainly because it's quite difficult to police.
The problem is that the "IP" industry sells /licenses/ as though they
were /products/. Either I'm "licensed" to view particular content or I'm
not. If I pay for a license /once/ then I should never have to pay that
license again, but the way the "IP" industry works is that they demand
that I pay the /same/ license for the /same/ content, over and over again.
/That/ is extortion, pure and simple.
Think of it this way: If you pay a membership fee for a club, lets say
£300, and in return for that money you receive both membership (license)
and a membership card (material costs), but you subsequently misplace
your membership card ... should you have to pay the full £300 fee just
to get a replacement card?
But that's exactly what the "IP" industry insists on. It's the most
blatant form of racketeering, and yet it's actually *enforced by law*.
Sickening.
I pay a TV license (actually a *tax* since I have no choice in the
matter) that gives me the "permission" to view broadcast content (and
listen to music on the radio). Given that nearly every film; television
programme; and song ever recorded has probably been broadcast at least
once over the service that I've already /paid/ for, then by my
calculations I should never have to pay /another/ "license" for that
content ever again.
And yet when I purchase a DVD or audio CD I still have to pay the full
license component of that "product", in addition to the material costs.
Why?
Is the "IP" industry's accounting difficulties /my/ problem?
Certainly they have /made/ it my problem.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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