Yeah, I think there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that the current model is broken, and the greed of the record companies is part of what is broken.
Personally, I like the model proposed a number of years ago for print materials ... you go to the library, you take a book off the shelf, take it to the photocopier, a library staff member (or some automaton) checks how many pages you photocopied and charges you a couple of cents per page for the copyright, you leave 5 minutes later with the information you wanted, AND you paid your copyright dues to the right people. Nowadays, I guess, you could browse the PDF, print the 3 pages you want, pay your 9 cents with micropayment software, and be gone with it. Downloading MP3s should work the same way. Pity it doesn't, and pity the record industry doesn't see how they're pissing in their own soup by not getting ahead of this wave and offering it. Back to the sticker in every slim box. MP3 is not a crime. -- Michaelwagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18642 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
