Governments will collapse,empires will fall,END of THE WORLD!
Chernin said. "Stealing content is destroying opportunities for digital
entertainment...Business will be crippled."
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin said it was time for the
"looting epidemic" to end, citing losses from copyright infringement that
he estimated were in the $8 billion range.
Chernin is one of the first media executives at Comdex to focus on
file-trading, an issue that has caused considerable tension between
entertainment and tech companies. Companies such as TiVo, Microsoft and
other PC makers have tried to tout the capabilities of their devices
without raising the ire of media companies. But media giants are hesitant
to support the development of products such as DVD burners and digital
video recorders, which can play, copy and distribute content.
File-sharing programs such as Napster, Kazaa and Morpheus have been a
headache for music companies, and Chernin predicted that similar illicit
copying would occur in the movie industry. At one point in his speech, he
invited filmmaker George Lucas to "wave a little flag" and let people know
that "there is no free lunch...Somebody somewhere is paying for it" when
digital content is stolen. EXTRACT.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-966457.html?tag=fd_top
TANSTAAFL,yes,what starship stormtrooper here could argue with dat?
Its the free market right Mongo? Galts Gulch.
Anarcho-capitalism and any bums wot get in the way I drive over in my Explorer.
Wave your little libertarian flag Mong,for auld lang syne.
http://www.radio4all.org/anarchy/huckster.html
